Look Me In The Eye premieres: Wednesday 6 September at 8.30pm on SBS
Made up of six one-hour episodes, this documentary series is a social experiment featuring Australians from a wide range of backgrounds who are genuinely looking to reconnect with someone in their life.
Based on the research of neuroscientists who believe that direct eye contact can communicate much more than just words*, this series explores what happens when only eye contact is used as a form of communication between two individuals who have grown apart. Both people are brought face to face and, for five minutes, they have the opportunity to look each other in the eye, without speaking. They then decide if theyd like to reconnect with the other person - or not. At various stages of the process participants are interviewed by the host Ray Martin. He asks about their feelings and expectations - as well as the overall experience of looking each other in the eye - as they consider what the future may hold.
Can eye contact alone reconcile these two former enemies?
This series is absolutely heart-wrenching.
