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Forgetting Dad

If your father no longer remembers you, does he stop being your father?

Not Rated Documentary

Starring: N/A

Writer: N/A

Release Date:
November 22, 2008
Ratings:
6.3 / 10
Director:
Matt Sweetwood & Rick Minnich
Companies:
N/A

Overview

A man suffers a minor car accident, and a week later constructs a new identity, claiming he can't "remember" being a father. Nearly twenty years later, his amnesia persists, yet no brain damage or physical cause are ever found. Enthralling and thought-provoking, "Forgetting Dad" offers an award-winning case study of dissociation, parental abandonment, and family enmenshment in mental illness.