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Introducing, Selma Blair

A deeply intimate and raw portrait of Selma Blair after she is diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and tries to slow the progression of her disease.

Director

Rachel Fleit

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$5,700

Production

LD Entertainment

Awards

6 wins & 5 nominations

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But we've a long time to be dead,
and I spent so long - Introducing, Selma Blair

But we've a long time to be dead, and I spent so long

And now I just wanna help other
people feel better. - Introducing, Selma Blair

And now I just wanna help other people feel better.

And if I represent in some way
people with an illness or a... - Introducing, Selma Blair

And if I represent in some way people with an illness or a.....

Or like speech problem,
or movement disorder, - Introducing, Selma Blair

Or like speech problem, or movement disorder,

See without my comfort dog - Introducing, Selma Blair

See without my comfort dog

Then my... oh. - Introducing, Selma Blair

Well this is what happens - Introducing, Selma Blair

Well this is what happens

It's the MS. - Introducing, Selma Blair

That's what people don't understand. - Introducing, Selma Blair

That's what people don't understand.

I'm taking away my stimulus
so I shut my eyes. - Introducing, Selma Blair

I'm taking away my stimulus so I shut my eyes.

Cause there's only so much... - Introducing, Selma Blair

Cause there's only so much...

Everything in me has some
shame right now. - Introducing, Selma Blair

Everything in me has some shame right now.

In the beginning,
when I got MS... - Introducing, Selma Blair

In the beginning, when I got MS...

I don't have anything more. - Introducing, Selma Blair

I don't have anything more.

I have... - Introducing, Selma Blair

Of my... - Introducing, Selma Blair

That was the first time
that I was like, - Introducing, Selma Blair

That was the first time that I was like,

And I was so apologetic to Christian - Introducing, Selma Blair

And I was so apologetic to Christian

Since my son was born
I have just never been... - Introducing, Selma Blair

Since my son was born I have just never been...

I mean that's me nursing him
in a park in Michigan. - Introducing, Selma Blair

I mean that's me nursing him in a park in Michigan.

Oh, God.
I was so afraid. - Introducing, Selma Blair

Oh, God. I was so afraid.

My mum always said,
"You're not meant to be a mother. - Introducing, Selma Blair

My mum always said, "You're not meant to be a moth...

"You're not meant to be married."
And that stuff like gets in you. - Introducing, Selma Blair

"You're not meant to be married." And that st...

I think,
that was sort of the onset of MS, - Introducing, Selma Blair

I think, that was sort of the onset of MS,

I mean don't quote me on that.
Quote me on that. - Introducing, Selma Blair

I mean don't quote me on that. Quote me on that.

I'm so sorry I can't talk right now, - Introducing, Selma Blair

I'm so sorry I can't talk right now,

Yes. OK, Carrie,
I'll talk to you later. - Introducing, Selma Blair

Yes. OK, Carrie, I'll talk to you later.

I'm beginning to think I'm a fool."
Why? - Introducing, Selma Blair

I'm beginning to think I'm a fool." Why?

Do you think it's acceptable
that Ms. Woods is not prepared? - Introducing, Selma Blair

Do you think it's acceptable that Ms. Woods is not prep...

Would you support my decision
to ask her to leave class, - Introducing, Selma Blair

Would you support my decision to ask her to leave class,

Absolutely.
I thought I wanted to be a writer - Introducing, Selma Blair

Absolutely. I thought I wanted to be a writer

And after a performance he said,
"You're an actress. - Introducing, Selma Blair

And after a performance he said, "You're an actres...

"You're gonna be an actress."
And I was devastated, - Introducing, Selma Blair

"You're gonna be an actress." And I was devas...

I was always very conscious
that I was a supporting actress. - Introducing, Selma Blair

I was always very conscious that I was a supporting actress.

Everything I did on set
was to support the star. - Introducing, Selma Blair

Everything I did on set was to support the star.

I was happy for things
to not be so hard. - Introducing, Selma Blair

I was happy for things to not be so hard.

Only this time I'm gonna stick
my tongue in your mouth. - Introducing, Selma Blair

Only this time I'm gonna stick my tongue in your mouth.

And when I do that I want you
to massage my tongue with yours, - Introducing, Selma Blair

And when I do that I want you to massage my tongue with your...

- OK.
- Eyes closed. - Introducing, Selma Blair

- OK. - Eyes closed.

With Cruel Intentions,
it was like my first studio film - Introducing, Selma Blair

With Cruel Intentions, it was like my first studio film

Katherine!
This is your mother! - Introducing, Selma Blair

Katherine! This is your mother!

"I fall sometimes. I drop things.
My memory is foggy. - Introducing, Selma Blair

"I fall sometimes. I drop things. My memory is foggy.

"And my left side is asking
for directions from a broken GPS. - Introducing, Selma Blair

"And my left side is asking for directions from a broke...

"It can be overwhelming
in the beginning. - Introducing, Selma Blair

"It can be overwhelming in the beginning.

"You wanna sleep.
You always wanna sleep. - Introducing, Selma Blair

"You wanna sleep. You always wanna sleep.

"So, I don't have answers, you see,
I wanna sleep. - Introducing, Selma Blair

"So, I don't have answers, you see, I wanna sleep.

"I have MS and I am OK. - Introducing, Selma Blair

"I have MS and I am OK.

"But if you see me dropping crap
all over the street, - Introducing, Selma Blair

"But if you see me dropping crap all over the street,

So, in a way she pre-empted
that by addressing it herself. - Introducing, Selma Blair

So, in a way she pre-empted that by addressing it herself.

And it's not like
she's Reese Witherspoon, - Introducing, Selma Blair

And it's not like she's Reese Witherspoon,

There are certain people that have
to live with the paparazzi - Introducing, Selma Blair

There are certain people that have to live with the paparazz...

But she's famous enough, - Introducing, Selma Blair

But she's famous enough,

And I think what Selma
had through the course of a career - Introducing, Selma Blair

And I think what Selma had through the course of a career

She has an old Hollywood glamour
to her, but she's super mouthy - Introducing, Selma Blair

She has an old Hollywood glamour to her, but she's supe...

But a real feminine charm. - Introducing, Selma Blair

But a real feminine charm.

An emotional return to the
red carpet for actress Selma Blair. - Introducing, Selma Blair

An emotional return to the red carpet for actress Selma Blai...

Selma revealing her multiple
sclerosis diagnosis last October. - Introducing, Selma Blair

Selma revealing her multiple sclerosis diagnosis last Octobe...

As you see the cameras,
everyone's shouting at you, - Introducing, Selma Blair

As you see the cameras, everyone's shouting at you,

And when Selma started walking, - Introducing, Selma Blair

And when Selma started walking,

The camera people, to see them...
put down their cameras - Introducing, Selma Blair

The camera people, to see them... put down their cameras

It didn't last long, but it was
really a moving, genuine moment. - Introducing, Selma Blair

It didn't last long, but it was really a moving, genuin...

To see what it did for her,
was incredible. - Introducing, Selma Blair

To see what it did for her, was incredible.

Like, oh, I've given my life
of 20 years to this business - Introducing, Selma Blair

Like, oh, I've given my life of 20 years to this busine...

And it's a real vulnerability
to have the strength to do that, - Introducing, Selma Blair

And it's a real vulnerability to have the strength to d...

One, it's intimidating,
and can be really overwhelming, - Introducing, Selma Blair

One, it's intimidating, and can be really overwhelming,

I think that night was a big deal
to her, that she could be herself. - Introducing, Selma Blair

I think that night was a big deal to her, that she could be ...

You know, people kept saying,
"You're so brave. You're so brave." - Introducing, Selma Blair

You know, people kept saying, "You're so brave. Yo...

"This happens to be how I walk
and this happens to be how I talk." - Introducing, Selma Blair

"This happens to be how I walk and this happens to be h...

It's something I don't think
I would have worn without the cane. - Introducing, Selma Blair

It's something I don't think I would have worn wit...

Thank you people
that helped me get through. - Introducing, Selma Blair

Thank you people that helped me get through.

You know, this is all new,
I have to say, - Introducing, Selma Blair

You know, this is all new, I have to say,

I can hold a strawberry
and with the other hand... - Introducing, Selma Blair

I can hold a strawberry and with the other hand...

This is rewarding, - Introducing, Selma Blair

This is rewarding,

Don't worry. Anyone who's watching
this one day, - Introducing, Selma Blair

Don't worry. Anyone who's watching this one day,

Now it's all over.
Everything I live for. - Introducing, Selma Blair

Now it's all over. Everything I live for.

At first I knew I wasn't doing well
and I kept going to the doctors, - Introducing, Selma Blair

At first I knew I wasn't doing well and I kept going to...

It's just, you're a mum,
you're overwhelmed." - Introducing, Selma Blair

It's just, you're a mum, you're overwhelmed.&...

"I hate myself.
Like, I cannot function." - Introducing, Selma Blair

"I hate myself. Like, I cannot function."

I mean I've really been housebound
for almost a year - Introducing, Selma Blair

I mean I've really been housebound for almost a year

And the truth is, the diagnosis
gave some relief, - Introducing, Selma Blair

And the truth is, the diagnosis gave some relief,

But then as I started taking steps
and things were going backwards, - Introducing, Selma Blair

But then as I started taking steps and things were going bac...

A stem cell transplant is the thing
that's gonna help me, - Introducing, Selma Blair

A stem cell transplant is the thing that's gonna help m...

I made the mistake of telling
someone that I know - Introducing, Selma Blair

I made the mistake of telling someone that I know

"You're kidding yourself.
You're not gonna make it." - Introducing, Selma Blair

"You're kidding yourself. You're not gonna ma...

"Like, don't let this affect me." - Introducing, Selma Blair

"Like, don't let this affect me."

Nothing's gonna happen to you, other
than just you're gonna get better. - Introducing, Selma Blair

Nothing's gonna happen to you, other than just you'...

But if anything happens to me you take
good care of him and have him, ok? - Introducing, Selma Blair

But if anything happens to me you take good care of him and ...

When she's at home she seems better. - Introducing, Selma Blair

When she's at home she seems better.

She can walk a little bit better,
her speech is normal, - Introducing, Selma Blair

She can walk a little bit better, her speech is normal,

As soon as she goes out
in the outside world, - Introducing, Selma Blair

As soon as she goes out in the outside world,

Introducing, Selma Blair poster

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A deeply intimate and raw portrait of Selma Blair after she is diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and tries to slow the progression of her disease.

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Director: Rachel Fleit

Writer: N/A

Production: LD Entertainment

Genre: documentary

Year: 2021

MetaScore: 80/100

ImdbRating: 7.8

BoxOffice: $5,700

Released: 21 Oct 2021

Awards: 6 wins & 5 nominations

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