Director JONO MCLEOD (UK 2022) 104 min
Sixteen-year-old Brandon Lee lived a difficult and unorthodox life. While a student at Bearsden Academy in Scotland, he faced the death of his mother, father, and grandmother. Despite this hardship, he flourishes as an A-student as he works towards his dreams of attending medical school. Through an engaging mix of cartoon illustrations, retellings from classmates, and multi-award winner Alan Cumming’s tour-de-force performance of Lee’s personal narration, viewers revisit Brandon’s old school experience to better understand his journey. One may start this film asking, “Who is Brandon Lee?”, but, as the film progresses, we start to question, “Is Brandon Lee even who he says he is?”  As the documentary unfolds, Lee’s astonishing secret comes out, inspiring feelings of incredulous shock and an ever-deepening curiosity as to “Why?”