Matt VanDyke grew up spoiled and sheltered, an only child with obsessive-compulsive disorder and a penchant for video games and action films. But in 2006, Matt decided it was time for a “crash course in manhood.” He bought a motorcycle and a video camera, then set off on a 35,000-mile trip through northern Africa and the Middle East, filming his self-styled adventures every step of the way. Eventually, Matt’s friendship with a Libyan hippie led him to pick up arms and join in the fight against Muammar Gaddafi. As Matt refashioned himself as a warrior and revolutionary—and was held in solitary confinement for six months by Gaddafi forces—he began to question the role of his camera and his own authenticity. Director Marshall Curry interviews Matt in the present day, back home in his Baltimore living room, artfully interweaving Matt’s reflections with his personal footage.  EM