She Is… – Review

18th January 2023

When she was a child, Isabella Grosso was sexually abused and it felt like nobody wanted to do anything. She started working as a stripper when she was 16 and continued for 10 years until she found the strength to do something to help other women who had been in her situation. Taking her experience and love of dance, Isabella started She Is…, a dance group comprised of women who have had the same experiences as her so that they can help girls who are going through what they did.

She Is… is a documentary about that group and Isabella’s own life experiences with sexual abuse. A documentary which also hopes to raise awareness about how often it happens and how things have to change.

Travelling to Thailand, the group find a place where little girls have been treated like property. They’re put into clubs and forced to service men who come to pay to have sex with them and they often feel like there’s no way out.

However, there’s also a place where girls have been rescued so that they have somewhere safe to process their emotions and deal with their abuse and that’s where She Is… steps in. Giving these girls a positive outlet and a great experience through dance, the group hope that they can use their personal experiences and their love of dance to help them through it.

A worthy cause which seems to do wonders for the girls, the documentary is paired with interviews with experts who are able to fully convey just how widespread the problem is throughout the world. One that doesn’t shy away from reality and may cause tears of sorrow as well as joy

However, despite there being a group of women who have all had different experiences of sexual abuse and trafficking, the focus is mostly on Isabella. Her story is something that may resonate with many viewers, but perhaps a little more about the other dancers would have helped to broaden the depiction of why they were all there. Not to exploit those experiences or dramatize them, but merely to add more context.

Saying that though, She Is… is a documentary that will break hearts and also lift them up as it shows there may be some hope in the world. It’s just going to take a lot of work.

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