I Am The Elephant Man
Factual Documentaries, Real Life Stories / 1 x 60' / Airline, DVD, Non-Theatric
September Films for Channel 4
Following the work of Dr Xi, a maverick doctor in China who is treating people no one else can, or will, this rich and complex documentary covers his most renowned success story; that of Huang Chuncai. Also known as ‘The Elephant Man’, Chuncai suffers from one of the world’s most extreme cases of neurofibroma – a tumour of the nervous system, which has gradually got worse causing him to be slowly ostracised from society and trapped in a solitary world.