in india, we meet amrit, who expresses herself through her art., we learn how talk of witchcraft and demonic possession once demonised another, until her parents started a special school in freetown to change that narrative. and in the us, best friends ben and emma use letterboards to explain eloquently how any conversation about autism can only be meaningful if it includes people with autism. i can't be sure what your normal is even like. we also hear readings for naoki higashida's source book, translated into english by david mitchell and keiko yoshida, accompanied by expressionist images that attempt to portray the book's account of neurodivergent experience through the medium of cinema. my eyes are captured by lines and surfaces. while controversy and scepticism haunted the authorship of higashida's bestseller, rothwell�*s evocative, sensuous film, with its beautiful score by nainita desai achieves the director's stated aim of demonstrating that nonverbal doesn't mean non—understanding. and, in a world in which films like sia's golden—globe—no