In the recesses of the internet, where reality can feel increasingly fuzzy, one young Norwegian man lacking offline mobility built a world of his own. Mats Steen, the subject of the poignant Netflix documentary The Remarkable Life of Ibelin , formed a digital community that transcended the severe muscular dystrophy he’d developed as a child. While his parents fretted about the many obsessive hours he spent playing World of Warcraft , Steen was using the role-playing game to develop deep friendships and find a voice he couldn’t always access in a literal sense.

The past year, The Remarkable Life of Ibelin has won a Peabody Award and become what director Benjamin Ree calls a “national treasure” in Norway. Now it’s up against I Am: Celine Dion and Patrice: The Movie for the Emmys’

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