The Girl in the Window
She was found curled up in a filthy room, unable to speak or make eye contact.
They called her a feral child.
Could nurturing make up for a lifetime of neglect?
The girl in the window is a story about a 9-year-old girl named Dani. Ultimately it's a story about hope. It's the result of 6 months of work -- countless hours of interviews, thousands of miles driven and too many images to count. It is also the most important story I've ever had the opportunity to tell. I also love that I got the chance to tell it with the most amazing writer I know. Lane DeGregory's words are amazing, and in reading them it took me back there and showed me things I'd never seen before -- even though I was right there with her. Her talent and gift helped do Dani's story justice.
Please go watch the multimedia piece. The voices of all those people who have come into contact with a very special little girl say far more than I ever could.
They called her a feral child.
Could nurturing make up for a lifetime of neglect?
The girl in the window is a story about a 9-year-old girl named Dani. Ultimately it's a story about hope. It's the result of 6 months of work -- countless hours of interviews, thousands of miles driven and too many images to count. It is also the most important story I've ever had the opportunity to tell. I also love that I got the chance to tell it with the most amazing writer I know. Lane DeGregory's words are amazing, and in reading them it took me back there and showed me things I'd never seen before -- even though I was right there with her. Her talent and gift helped do Dani's story justice.
Please go watch the multimedia piece. The voices of all those people who have come into contact with a very special little girl say far more than I ever could.
posted by m at
12:33 AM
5 Comments:
awesome story.
melissa,
you did an amazing job with this...
i can't imagine working on this kind
of a story for so long.
beautiful images, painful audio...
lots of tears and a new awareness
about this topic.
thank you for doing this.
Excellent work, Melissa. I've been following pieces of the story for months but it was great to see it all in one place. I really love the connection she has with the camera in the photo above, considering she couldn't make eye contact when they found her.
wow. thanks for sharing this.
wonderful work by you and Lane. Thank you.
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