Unknown White Male is a movie that was produced by Channel 4 over here in the UK. It follows the story of British ex-stockbroker Doug Bruce, who woke up on a train in New York City in 2003, with no memory of who he was, where he was or indeed anything that happened in his life up to that point. He discovered that he had nothing. He didn't;t know who his family was, where they lived, whether or not he had a girlfriend. He couldn't remember what he did for a living, how much he had in his bank account, or even his own name.

When he awoke in Coney Island that day, Bruce could do nothing more than turn himself into the police. From there he was sent to the Coney Island Hospital Psychiatric ward where he was given an identity wrist tag reading `Unknown White Male'.

In this documentary, British filmmaker, and friend of Bruce, Rupert Murray takes us back to that day in June 2003 through reconstruction of the events that happened. We see how both the police and hospital staff were able to find a way to reunite the 'unknown white male' with both his family and friends.

On that day, the police searched through Bruce's belongings, finding just one name scribbled down on a piece of notepaper, along with a telephone number. The name was that of 'Eva'. But when Bruce called the number, Eva did not recognize the voice of the other end of the telephone. Instead she sent her daughter, Nadine to meet the mysterious man. It turned out that Nadine had only recently met Bruce, but agreed to help him find his family and past. But did Bruce really want his past back? That is the question that this film repeatedly asks.

This movie is quite simply, amazing. It's one of those films where you sit back and ask yourself, 'what if that happened'. Can you contemplate not knowing who you are? Not knowing your family. Not knowing simple things like, what an apple was, or what a tree looked like. It's almost unimaginable, yet Doug Bruce has experienced this huge loss of memory that has baffled doctors across the world.

This glorious film features footage of Bruce meeting his sister and father for the first time since he lost his memory. We see him meet old friends, including director Murray and we see him rediscover things like movies, music, culture, food and art, all for what effectively is the first time.

I really don't want to write too much on the film here as I don't want to spoil it for anyone out there. As with the film's subject matter, this is a voyage of discovery, for Bruce rediscovery. It's a film that raises a million questions in your mind as you watch it, and to be honest you will find that you will not want those end credits to roll as you will want to know more about where Bruce's life takes him next and if he will ever get his memory back.

It's one of the best documentaries that I've seen for a number of years, and one that I recommend to anyone. It's opening in limited release in the U.S. on Feb 27, See it. See it. See it.