Imagine being deaf and being the defendant in a court case with no access to an interpreter.The award-winning documentary, Being Michelle (80 min), follows the astonishing journey of a deaf woman with autism who survived incarceration and abuse by a system that refused to accommodate her needs.
Michelle’s trajectory changed when she met Kim Law, a volunteer life coach who teaches classes to people in prison. Today, Kim and Michelle are doing the difficult work
of unraveling Michelle’s history of her traumatic childhood and her experiences in the Florida criminal justice system.
Throughout the film Michelle’s artwork provides her own depiction of the trauma she survived as well as a means to her recovery. Being Michelle is a powerful story of redemption.
Imagine being deaf and being the defendant in a court case with no access to an interpreter.The award-winning documentary, Being Michelle (80 min), follows the astonishing journey of a deaf woman with autism who survived incarceration and abuse by a system that refused to accommodate her needs.
Michelle’s trajectory changed when she met Kim Law, a volunteer life coach who teaches classes to people in prison. Today, Kim and Michelle are doing the difficult work
of unraveling Michelle’s history of her traumatic childhood and her experiences in the Florida criminal justice system.
Throughout the film Michelle’s artwork provides her own depiction of the trauma she survived as well as a means to her recovery. Being Michelle is a powerful story of redemption.