I Believe You
A documentary film by Sara Banyan.
In production.
Winner
Mental Health Impact Award
Ethos Film Awards 2024
Finalist
Roy W. Dean Grant
Fiscally Sponsored by
International Documentary Association
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"Sara is a gift to humanity, a natural teacher and empath. Normalizing talk around trauma — and the therapy to help reconcile it — is Sara's mission, and it is work we will all benefit from for years, decades, and generations to come."
— Jaime Ray Newman
Academy Award–winning Producer, Skin
"Bringing the conversation of surviving sexual assault and the empirical healing practices of a trauma specialist into the forefront of greater public awareness is vital to our world today. I am so proud of Sara for producing this interview, and I hope it provides support, understanding, and a wider pathway toward healing for those who find it."
— Noah Centineo
Actor / Producer, To All the Boys I've Loved Before, Black Adam
I Believe You
Healing the Invisible Scars of Childhood Sexual Trauma.
The Film
I Believe You
Sara Banyan and her former trauma specialist, Will Randle, LCSW, shine a light on the epidemic of childhood sexual abuse and how to end the cycle of shame.
Winner — Mental Health Impact Award, Ethos Film Awards. Roy W. Dean Grant Finalist.
Watch the extended trailer →The Book
I Believe You
Memoir-driven prescriptive nonfiction in two parts: The Toll, and What Decades of Coaching Taught Me. Includes the 3-Breath Protocol, the Rewire Method, and the Tap In / Tap Out framework — Foreword by Will Randle, LCSW.
Pre-orders open fall 2026.
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