Searching for Angela Shelton

The Filmmaker

In the documentary Searching for Angela Shelton, Angela Shelton journeys across the United States meeting other Angela Sheltons in an effort to survey women in America. She discovers that 24 out of the 40 Angela Sheltons she spoke to had been raped, beaten or molested. (now 28 out of 40) Then the filmmaker meets an Angela Shelton who tracks sexual predators and lives in the same town as the filmmaker's father who molested her and her step siblings for years.

The filmmaker's survey of women becomes a journey of self-discovery during which she decides to finally confront her own past and her father - on Father's Day. The Angela Sheltons complete the journey by teaching the filmmaker about forgiveness, faith and the power of the human spirit, no matter what your name is.

Searching for Angela Shelton played at the following film festivals:

2004 Winslow Arizona Film Festival
2004 Austin, TX Film Festival - best independent documentary
2004 Asheville, NC Film Festival - best documentary and audience award
2005 Freedom Cinema Festival in Park City, UT
2005 Sarasota, FL Film Festival
2005 Newport Beach Film Festival - outstanding achievement in filmmaking award
2005 Memphis International Film Festival - best documentary
2005 Annapolis Reel Cinema Festival in Annapolis, MD
2005 Sedona Film Festival and Workshop in Sedona, AZ
2005 Sonoma Valley Film Festival - audience award
2005 Boulder, CO Film Festival
2005 Zoie Film Festival - best documentary
2005 Durango, CO Film Festival - audience award
2005 GiRL FeST Hawaii

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