My 5-Year-Old Niece Whispered, “The Chair Hurts”—Then a Doctor Found the Truth Her Parents Had Been Hiding

Not because the issue was unimportant.

Because her trauma was not raw material I automatically owned because I was both filmmaker and guardian.

I recused myself from telling that story.

That decision cost me opportunities.

Worth it.

PART 64 — YEARS LATER, THE SUBJECT RETURNS

When Sophia was older, I produced a documentary about failures in institutional responses to child abuse.

Broad.

National.

Many experts.