Escaping History

Ostensibly embarking upon a portrait of a modernday Abraham Lincoln Escaping History traces the development of a relationship between the videomaker and his subject As the story unfolds it veers from the objective to the highly personal The tape relates the story of Mel Glasser a recovering schizophrenic who having adopted the persona of Abraham Lincoln has made considerable progress in the last twenty years The tape refuses to romanticize Mels condition he speaks frankly with intelligence and humour and takes Applegath on a special journey