I first met Rayya Elias backstage in San Francisco, where I was speaking at the Dreamforce Conference, while launching my last film, Walk With Me. Amidst the post-screening buzz, I noticed a striking woman leaning against the wall, eyes locked onto me—not with admiration, but curiosity.
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In the midst of unbearable absence, Gigi’s instinct was to move — to let her body breathe what words could not. That dance became more than movement. It was love made visible, a thread of connection back to Rayya, and a testament to the healing art can offer when nothing else will hold us.
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Director Marc J. Francis shares his experience of the making of Walk With Me in Sound and why its upcoming release is perfectly timed for society.
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