The incredibly powerful, moving documentary film on Steve Gleason's life opens with his face pressed up close to the camera, having an intimate conversation with his unborn son.
But it also feels as if he is talking directly to us, the audience.
"My No. 1 focus and purpose is to share with you who I am. And to give you as much of myself as I possibly can, while I can," Gleason says.
And, wow, does he deliver.