The Boy Who Lived Before

Synopsis: A young boy in Glasgow remembers his past life on a remote Scottish island.

Background Info:

• Cameron Macauley was 6 years old when it was filmed.
• He lives in Glasgow but since the age of 3 has reminisced to his mum about his life in the Outer Hebrides, the thing is, he's never lived there before.
• He talks about coming from a family before his own and coming down a black tunnel with a pass from God to his new family.
• The documentary then finds a boy called Gus Taylor in America who says the same thing about being given a pass and travelling to his new family down a black tunnel, he believes he is his dad's dad.

Style Of Documentary: It is a mix between expository and reflexive documentary style. The expository angle comes from the footage being played while a 'voice of god' voiceover speaks, explaining the on-screen footage. The reflexive side is the way the voiceover is questioning and relies more on implied meaning than solid facts. It gains an emotional response to Cameron's story throughout the documentary.


Watch It: 
Here is the first part out of five (9 minutes) of the documentary, you can then link to the other four parts via YouTube, Enjoy.