A one-pound baby defies every doctor who said he'd never think, see, or speak. Spoiler: he's telling his own story.
Born at just 23 weeks and weighing 1 pound, Tyrese's head was the size of an egg. If he survived the night, the doctors said he would live in a vegetative state without the ability to see, speak or think - but he proved them wrong.
Direction
Three directors, one voice—literally his.
Editing
Condenses a lifetime into ten brutal minutes.
Director
Tyrese Alleyne-Davis
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tyrese's survival story intersects with documented racial disparities in neonatal care; Black preemies face higher mortality rates and are more frequently classified as 'non-viable' by standard medical thresholds.
The 'vegetative state' prognosis is delivered in archival audio from his actual medical records—Tyrese obtained his own birth charts to include his doctors' voices in the film.
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