Tell Them You Love Me tells a complicated and painful story with grace

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It's been nearly a decade since Anna Stubblefield dominated the headlines; it's been far longer since the incidents that sent her to jail went down. It felt like the Rutgers University ethics professor was everywhere in the fall of 2015, when she stood trial for sexual assault. Like many in that position, Stubblefield insisted she had consent; in fact, she said that the two were in love. But unlike those other suspects, the person she allegedly assaulted can't confirm or dispute her claim. According to his family, he never could.

A new-to-the US documentary, Tell Them You Love Me, reveals that even after all this time, Stubblefield insists that she was innocent, and the man she was accused of assaulting is trapped inside a body that won't allow him to express himself. There are times in the film that you might believe her. Or, more likely, you'll believe that she believes that.