Tell Them You Love Me, a documentary executive produced by Louis Theroux, explores the extraordinary story of Anna Stubblefield, an esteemed university professor who becomes embroiled in a controversial affair with Derrick Johnson, a non-verbal man with cerebral palsy.
Anna says she unlocked Derrick's mind from his disabled body by teaching him to communicate using a keyboard with a method known as assisted communication. The relationship that followed would lead to a criminal trial that would challenge our perceptions of disability and the nature of consent.
Through exclusive footage and interviews with those on both sides of the case, this feature documentary weaves a riveting and endlessly nuanced story about communication, race, and sex.