Oliver Sutro | USA | 2020
12 min

A stunning short documentary about what to disclose and the struggle for acceptance. If I Tell Them follows James Sampsel, a plein air painter and fly-fishing guide, as he comes to terms with his past and a bi-polar diagnosis that hangs over his future. How do you share all of the details of yourself, when you know the stigma that surrounds the most hidden parts?

DIRECTORS BIO

Oliver Sutro

Oliver Sutro is a Director, Cinematographer and Photographer based in Carbondale, Colorado. He works outside in natural light crafting short stories and shooting commercial photography for outdoor brands such as Orvis, Columbia and Yeti. In his spare time, he makes comedic films about nothing of much importance and writes his own biography sections, desperately hoping he doesn’t sound too vain, but also hoping he doesn’t sound unimportant. He’s important, very important.