![]() ![]() ![]() The message of the book urges survivors of any kind of abuse or trauma to break the cycle of violence and find joy. In 2004 Angela made her directorial debut with Searching for Angela Shelton (2004), a documentary aimed at surveying women across the U.S. ![]() Finding Angela Shelton is mandatory reading in many Women's Studies programs around the US. The additional chapter available in the "recovered" version tells the unbelievable bookend to the story. Her namesakes inspire the filmmaker to confront her own past along with her abusive father when one of the Angela Sheltons lives in the same town as the filmmaker's father who abused her and her siblings for five years. She discovered that 70% of the Angela Sheltons she interviewed were victims of child sexual abuse, rape and/or domestic violence. Finding Angela Shelton cleverly moves through the filmmaker's life story along with the recurring dreams she had while on the road in search of women who shared her name. ![]() This book tells my personal journey to end self-hatred and self-abuse, including my dreams and my spiritual awakening. What happened is heartbreaking, joyous, sad, miraculous, and a one-of-a-kind read. My memoir, Finding Angela Shelton describes how my journey across America making the documentary Searching for Angela Shelton altered the course of my life forever and threw me into my own healing journey. Angela Shelton began interviewing other women with her name with the goal of making a movie that inspired women to unite. In April 2007, Shelton released her book, Finding Angela Shelton: The True Story of One Womans Triumph over Sexual Abuse. ![]()
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