A deaf 4-year-old girl named Libby lives in a world of silence until a caring social worker teaches her to use sign language to communicate.
Acting
Maisie Sly, actually deaf, delivers pure authenticity.
Writing
Rachel Shenton's Oscar-winning script packs novels into silence.
Director
Chris Overton
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rachel Shenton learned BSL after her father went deaf; she wrote this to force the industry to cast deaf actors. It worked — they won the Oscar.
This 2017 short predated CODA's Oscar win and helped shift Hollywood's approach to authentic deaf representation. Maisie Sly had never acted before.
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