19/04/2026
A 16-year-old girl. A Deaf family. And a question every teenager carries:
Who am I allowed to become?
A new film just dropped on Netflix: Feel My Voice (Non abbiamo bisogno di parole), and we think it's worth your evening. Not just because it's beautiful, but because it opens conversations that are genuinely hard to start any other way.
Here's the setup:
Eletta grows up as the hearing daughter in a Deaf family. She loves to sing. She also spends a lot of her life translating, not just language, but worlds. She's the bridge between her family and everyone else. And at 16, she's starting to wonder what she gets to keep for herself.
If you've ever felt responsible for people you love in ways that were maybe a little too big for your age, you'll feel this film in your chest.
Why we're talking about it at the All-In Foundation:
We work with young people every day, in sport, in schools, in the spaces where belonging either happens or doesn't. And we know that sometimes a story does what a lesson can't.
When a teenager watches Eletta navigate identity, guilt, and love all at once, something clicks. They find language for things they've been carrying quietly. That matters.
And for kids who are Deaf or hard of hearing? Seeing your language, Italian Sign Language, LIS, on a Netflix screen, treated as real and beautiful and worthy? That's not a small thing.
A word of honesty, because we think you can handle it:
This story has been told before. La Famille Bélier in 2014. CODA in 2021. Each time, the hearing child's journey is at the centre.
That's worth noticing, not to dismiss the film, but to ask the next question: whose stories are we still not making room for? Who gets to be the protagonist, not just the context?
Feel My Voice genuinely improves on what came before: Deaf actors play key family roles, and LIS is present and respected throughout. That counts. And it can be a starting point, not the finish line.
If you're a teacher or coach reading this:
This film is a gift for a classroom or team conversation. A few ideas:
Try running a drill briefing with no voices, gestures, demonstration, written cues only. Then debrief: what worked? What frustrated you? What changed when you slowed down?
Or ask your group, after watching: "If someone Deaf or hard of hearing joined our team tomorrow, what would we actually need to change?" The answers are usually more honest than you'd expect.
And if you want to go further after watching:
🎬 Audible (Netflix, 2021) — a 39-minute documentary following a Deaf high school football team through a season of loss and identity. Quietly devastating.
🎬 The Hammer (2010) — the true story of Deaf wrestler Matt Hamill. Grit, identity, no "fixing" narrative in sight.
🎬 A Quiet Place (2018) — sign language as strength, not absence.
Connection starts with curiosity. This film gives you both.
Watch it. Then tell us: what did it open up for you? 👇
At the All-In Foundation, we create spaces in sport and education where young people feel seen, safe, and part of something. Follow along or reach out, we'd love to hear what's happening in your school or club.
