Khari and Makayla Cain in “Makayla’s Voice: A Letter to the World,” premiering on Netflix this month. (Netflix)
A short documentary comes to Netflix that shares the story of a teenager with autism who finds her voice for the first time.
The 23-minute film “Makayla’s Voice: A Letter to the World” follows Makayla Cain, who has a rare form of autism and has spent her childhood unable to communicate.
However, at 14 years old, Makayla is introduced to letter board therapy, which opens her inner world.
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The film, which won Best Documentary Short at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year, meets Makayla eight months after she began writing letters as she learns to express her poetry and intelligence to those around her.
“Before she knew how to write on cardboard, we had no idea what she was thinking,” Makayla’s mother, Mañana Cain, says in the documentary. “For her to communicate is a beautiful thing, because it’s like, who is this girl? And we’re still learning who she is.”
“Makayla’s Voice: A Letter to the World” premieres on Netflix on December 11.
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