You Are My Audience

A Documentary in Ten Self-Portraits

Through a collection of vignettes, the audience enters the inner worlds of the characters as they grapple with their alternate identities. The film's structure follows the idea of the 10 self-portraits, introduced by Jason Brinkerhoff. A poem is introduced by writer Christina Cha, coming to terms with the looming presence of her beloved artist aunt who was tragically murdered in 1982. Another story documents outsider artist Jason Brinkerhoff, as he is diagnosed with terminal brain cancer and begins receiving spiritual visions. As we travel from the United States to India, Japan and Switzerland, we encounter, among other figures, a Buddhist monk who worships a robot god, a factory that turns human ashes into diamonds, and a doctor who becomes Charlie Chaplin in order to heal his patients through laughter.