Synopsis:
Identity, once so fixed, is now fluid. This three-part series
explores how, as the personal becomes more important, so our
ability to manipulate and change our identity deepens in equal
measures.
Confessions: Why do people bear their souls in public? Confession
was once a private affair, now it's highly public and many people
disapprove. Is confession another form of self-delusion - or a
valiant way of unfathoming the truths of the human condition?
Lies: What's the difference between playing with new identities and
wilfully misleading others, between Walter Mitty and the con man?
The film explores these issues by interviewing and telling the
story of people whose lives have been lives as a lie, from a US
high school teacher who couldn't read nor write, to identical twins
who use this fact by pretending to be each other.
Masks: We all like dressing up, playing someone else, acting out
roles. Writers assume the identity of their characters when they're
writing, actors when they're acting. But when does playing someone
else become an art? When is a mask a lie that tells the truth? How
is it that in changing your identity, you can become more fully
yourself?
Synopsis:
Identity, once so fixed, is now fluid. This three-part series
explores how, as the personal becomes more important, so our
ability to manipulate and change our identity deepens in equal
measures.
Confessions: Why do people bear their souls in public? Confession
was once a private affair, now it's highly public and many people
disapprove. Is confession another form of self-delusion - or a
valiant way of unfathoming the truths of the human condition?
Lies: What's the difference between playing with new identities and
wilfully misleading others, between Walter Mitty and the con man?
The film explores these issues by interviewing and telling the
story of people whose lives have been lives as a lie, from a US
high school teacher who couldn't read nor write, to identical twins
who use this fact by pretending to be each other.
Masks: We all like dressing up, playing someone else, acting out
roles. Writers assume the identity of their characters when they're
writing, actors when they're acting. But when does playing someone
else become an art? When is a mask a lie that tells the truth? How
is it that in changing your identity, you can become more fully
yourself?