George, a twelve-year-old with a thing for the weather and the flags of the world, is autistic. Hoping to expand George's self-awareness and to unravel some of his own confusion, George's father Henry gave his son a camcorder with which to document his life. George is a whirlwind of poignant revelations that tackle such imponderables as what is "normalcy" and "perception." Obsessed by concrete reality, George has an encyclopedic memory but detects little nuance in the day-to-day of emotional life. Mark, an adult autistic who refers to everyone else as "neurotypicals," explains that autistics can't read the subtleties of human exchange: "If someone would just give us an instruction manual on how to be normal, we could learn it in a snap." George isn't the only one collecting images and impressions. Filmmaker Henry is always on the periphery, camera in hand and heart on sleeve, trying to maintain order while his family disintegrates. Both humorous and unnerving, George balances on some rocky terrain. In one remarkable scene, the original funder, HBO, contacts Henry with a complaint. "What do you mean he's not autistic enough?" Henry responds.-Steve Seid