A Story About Voices

An intimate participatory documentary about recovery, identity, resilience and hope.

A Story About Voices is a participatory / hybrid documentary that follows Shell, a proud Australian Māori and LGBTQIA+ woman who calls herself “the luckiest schizophrenic in the world.” Emerging from the isolation and lows of psychosis, Shell invites the audience into her daily life as she lives with constant auditory hallucinations, recovery, and resilience. Through intimate moments with her family, friends, and the close bond she shares with her daughter, the film offers an honest and humane portrait of schizophrenia—one that educates through lived experience and challenges prejudice by foregrounding connection, identity, and hope.

Director

James Barahanos