Who She Is
“Indigenous women go missing twice: Once in reality and once in the media.” But each woman behind the statistics has her own story. Through first person storytelling and animation, we bring four women to life on screen and discover “Who She Is.”
The five-part animated documentary short series highlights the epidemic of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls (MMIWG) in Wyoming – but more than that, it humanizes the women behind the statistics by bringing four individual missing women to life on screen through animation and first-person storytelling.
Breaking the silence on this crisis, and breaching the “it only happens to other people” divide, can we understand the issues and risk factors that women in indigenous communities face and make change to make a difference? But most of all tell their stories.
Co-Director & Co-Producers: Jordan Dresser & Sophie Barksdale
Art Director: Jonathan Thunder
Executive Producer: Geoff O’Gara
Impact Producer: Rose Steller Burke
Release Date: Summer 2022
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & People (MMIW/P) Resource List:
- Sovereign Bodies Institute: Database, Reports and ToolKit for Organizing
- National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center MMIW Toolkit for Understanding and Responding to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women for Families and Communities
- Strong Hearts Native Helpline
- Trafficking Information & Resources
- Wyoming Division of Victims Services
- Wyoming Missing + Murdered Indigenous Persons Taskforce
This film was made possible by funding from the Wyoming Division of Victim Services on behalf of the Missing & Murdered Indigenous Persons Task Force