‘Out of My Mind’ Director Says Learning ‘Everybody Communicates in a Different Way’ Was Key to Making Her Disability Drama | Video

“Out of My Mind” director Amber Sealey earned the admiration of Jennifer Aniston – not to mention multiple standing ovations – out of her drama’s 2024 Sundance premiere, in part thanks to her dedication in telling an authentic, human story that happens to center on a girl living with cerebral palsy. 

On a Jan. 22 inclusivity panel at the festival, titled “Championing Change: The Power of Inclusive Filmmaking,” presented by TheWrap, UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television and NFP, Sealey said that she hopes audiences learn from her drama’s hero, Melody (Phoebe-Rae Taylor), that “everybody communicates in a different way.”