We are thrilled to announce that Being Michelle was awarded First Prize for Best Feature Documentary @flickers.riiff !!! We’d like to thank everyone at Rhode Island International Film Festival for making this possible! !!! This award goes to Michelle and the amazing team behind this important film! Thank you to all of our supporters!! #RightToCommunication #DisabilityJustice

Being Michelle Advisor Deb Guthmann-Ternus presented at the American Psychological Association Conference yesterday in Minneapolis.

New documentary highlights lack of accessibility for deaf and disabled people in north central Florida justice system Thank you to Katie Hyson at WUFT News Report for America NPR PBS for taking the time to speak with members from the Being Michelle team about this important film!

Criminal Justice within the Deaf & Disabled Community: Current Research and Future Needs

Being Michelle screens at BraveMaker Film Festival in Redwood City, CA and Michelle has her first ever art show where she sold all 13 paintings to attendees of the in-person screening.

Being Michelle: A documentary on a DeafAutistic Woman in Prison
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Being Michelle team meets with BraveMaker team to discuss BEING MICHELLE ahead of the BraveMaker Film Festival 2022!

Being Michelle team meets with BraveMaker team to discuss BEING MICHELLE ahead of the BraveMaker Film Festival 2022!

Mental Health Interpreter Training (MHIT) in conjunction with Alabama Department of Mental Health Offices of Deaf Services, ADARA and Wings Across Alabama. Virtual presentation April 28-29. Gabe presented "School to Prison Nexus for Deaf Youth" using short clips from the film BEING MICHELLE.

Audience Award for Best Feature Documentary!

USM recently resumed hosting the annual Maine Deaf Film Festival. The festival has been celebrating films specifically made by and/or starring Deaf filmmakers and actors since 2003. The university’s Linguistics department is largely in charge of organizing the two day event, which is just one of many opportunities for students studying American Sign Language to interact with members of the Deaf community. Sheena Lyles, who is a Deaf comedienne, content creator, and actress, was the keynote speaker this year!

First review of Being Michelle by Dennis Tran

Many thanks to the Cleveland Hearing & Speech Centerand Community Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing for a wonderful meeting with Michelle and the team!

Being Michelle: Exploring Criminal Justice and Trauma through a Deaf Lens

Thank you Cleveland International Film Festival!

The American Deafness and Rehabilitation Association (ADARA) is a national organization that brings together professionals from vocational rehabilitation, mental health, chemical health, education, interpreting, and related fields to share best practices in working with individuals who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and DeafBlind to address policy and program concerns, and to network.

While in Missoula we visited Sentinel and Willard High Schools where 204 students viewed the film and 101 students participated in the Q&A with Michelle and the filmmakers.

We are so proud to have shared this film with the @bigskydocfest audience. Thank you for being with us for this important story.

Colter Nuanez, from our local radio partner, @Trail103.3, sat down with the film’s director, Atin Mehra, and two producers, Mae Thornton Mehra and Harold Foxx. Mr. Foxx is deaf; interpreting for him is Mary Morrison.