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Film ‘Tell Them You Love Me’ Became The No. 1 Title On Netflix – So Why Did So Many Festivals Reject It?

Sundance said no-thanks to the film about a white university professor’s controversial affair with a non-verbal Black man with cerebral palsy. So did Toronto, Tribeca and the UK’s prestigious Sheffield DocFest, according to director Nick August-Perna and EP Louis Theroux. Was a fear of addressing unconventional ideas about disability behind so many rejections? Theroux had been there before and talks with Deadline’s Documentary Editor Matthew Carey about the blind spots of fest lineups.

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