The moving video speaks to the identity crisis that happens in the aftermath of sexual assault.
and now, she’s come out with a stunning animated short film about what happened to her identity and what happens to the identity of many survivors, after an assault.In the moving 5-minute film called, Miller details the story of her sexual assault and the very public trial that took place after. It’s heartbreaking to hear her talk about how this one night turned her life upside-down.
Miller wrote an impact statement which she read directly to the man who assaulted her in court. “But the judge didn’t hear me,” she says in the video. But then something else happened. When Miller’s impact statement went viral online, she understood that other people“When I released the statement, something else happened. The world breathed life into my words,” she says in the film. “I spent all this time absorbing, absorbing, listening to their voices until I understood.
Chanel goes on to talk about how using her crafts to share her story helped to bring her back to herself — to help her form a new identity. It’s amazingly powerful to see how this womanthat was holding her back and used her pain to connect to others, which turned out to be healing. “Survivors will not be boxed in, oppressed. We’ve had enough — enough of the shame, the disbelief, the loneliness,” she says. For Miller, her identity is everything to her, so her message makes perfect sense after everything she’s been through. She simply refuses to let those events define her.
The brave and inspirational video ends with one final thought: “My name is Chanel and I am with you.” What a beautiful tribute to survivors and hopefully, a way to help others feel heard, too.
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