"I Swear" This film won multiple awards, most notably at the BAFTAs (British Independent Film Awards), when Alan Cumming said: “You may have heard some strong and offensive language tonight. If you have seen the film "I Swear", you will know that the film is about the experience of a person with Tourette syndrome. “Tourette syndrome is a disability and the tics you have heard tonight are involuntary, which means the person who has Tourette syndrome has no control over their language. We apologise if you were offended". “I Swear” is a biopic directed, written, and produced in 2025 by Kirk Jones, about activist John Davidson, from Galashiels, who developed Tourette’s syndrome as a teenager. John was the subject of the 1989 BBC television documentary John's Not Mad. The film follows John through his adolescence and early adulthood in 1980s Scotland. He was also awarded an MBE in 2019 for his work educating about the condition. The film is a hopeful and genuinely inspiring story full of intelligence and charm about a courageous person, the importance of awareness in the management of Tourette's, and just what can be accomplished with determination and support. It also had fabulous reviews and features a brilliant cast.

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