Heath Ledger's life is the subject of a new documentary which offers an intimate portrait of the young star through his own lens.
Ledger died at the age of 28 due to a mixture of prescription drugs.
In the trailer for Spike TV and Network Entertainment's 'I Am Heath Ledger', friends and family recount Ledger's love for cameras.
"He was always a director, acting was just a way to get there," Trevor DiCarlo, a childhood friend, says in the preview.
'I Am Heath Ledger' will premiere at the
Tribeca Film Festival
on April 23 before hitting select theaters on May 3.
The film explores Ledger's rise with roles in '10 Things I Hate About You', 'The Patriot', 'Brokeback Mountain', 'The Dark Knight' and 'Monster's Ball'.
Naomi Watts, Ben Mendelsohn, director
Ang Lee, and Ledger's family and friends are some of the interviewed subjects.
"He wanted fame, and then when he got it, he didn't want it," filmmaker
Matt Amato
says.
Ledger's story has already been explored in the docuseries 'Too Young to Die' in which his father,
Kim Ledger
, revealed pages of his Joker diary.
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