A young man is found on the Berlin subway tracks with his head split open and a lethal blood alcohol level of 0.47. Saved by strangers, he is propelled on a global journey that explores the limits of body, mind, spirit and art.
In 2005, filmmaker Broderick Fox was found on the Berlin subway tracks with his head split open and a lethal blood alcohol level of 0.47. Strangers pulled him to safety, giving him a second chance at life and propelling him on a global journey to explore the limits of body, mind, spirit and art. Spanning Germany, Canada, Japan, Kenya, and the United States, Fox's journey includes collaborations with Canadian First-Nations artist Rande Cook and African-American artist Zulu, who help him memorialize his experiences in a full back tattoo. In our digital age where personal confession and self-exposure abound, Fox instead transforms his experiences into art, making a film that is both innovative and accessible.—Anonymous
In 2005, young American filmmaker, Broderick Fox, was found unconscious on the Berlin subway tracks with his head split open and a lethal blood alcohol level of 0.47. Strangers pulled him to safety, giving him a second chance at life and propelling him on the epic journey of mind, body, and spirit that has become the feature documentary THE SKIN IM IN.
The film is at once personal and universal in its address of bodily shame, addiction, creativity, and the search for self and spirit in a rapidly globalizing and accelerating world. Spanning Germany, Canada, Japan, Kenya, and the United States, Foxs journey to unite mind, body, and spirit includes collaboration with Canadian First-Nations artist Rande Cook and African-American tattoo artist Zulu, who help him memorialize his experiences in a full back tattoo. The documentary uses this physical transformation as the departure point and thread for Foxs story of bodily abuse, experimentation, and redemption.
With penetrating but disarming candor, Fox invites all of us, regardless of age, gender, sexuality, race, or background to actively explore the world and continue to challenge ourselves rather than simply accept the status quo.
