‘Onkel Henrik’ is an intimate portrait of a middle-aged man who lives his life on the edge of society and himself. Based on their relationship, his niece spends an evening interviewing him in his new business apartment. The work depicts an uncle’s many life stories about the establishment of a brothel with sex dolls, a tragic childhood, family dynamics, relations, doing time in jail, mental disorders, failures of the Danish psychiatric system, his time as a multimillionaire and much more. This work is the first film in a series portraying each of Buxbom's mother and three siblings. 

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I am engaged in a year-long process of creating an experimental documentary series that portrays my mother and her three siblings. Although they all share a similar childhood, their adult lives have developed extremely different. What unites them, however, is their rich inner worlds and their openness in expressing who they are - for better or worse. While each film offers an individual portrait, together they form a broader generational study - an exploration of family dynamics, inheritance, and the enduring influence of one generation upon the next.

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