Sound of a Voice is a 2002 short film based upon the play The Sound of a Voice

The Sound of a Voice

The Sound of a Voice is a 1983 play by American playwright David Henry Hwang. Hwang's fifth play, it is an original ghost story inspired by Japanese folk stories, films, and Noh theater. The play was first produced as part of the production Sound and Beauty on November 6, 1983 Off-Broadway at the...

by American

United States

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 playwright

Playwright

A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...

 David Henry Hwang

David Henry Hwang

David Henry Hwang is an American playwright who has risen to prominence as the preeminent Asian American dramatist in the U.S.He was born in Los Angeles, California and was educated at the Yale School of Drama and Stanford University...

. Susan Hoffman directed the film while participating in the American Film Institute

American Film Institute

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's Directing Workshop for Women 2002.

The screenplay adaptation is by Hoffman and Masanubo Takaynagi and stars Lane Nishikawa

Lane Nishikawa

Lane Nishikawa is an American actor, filmmaker, playwright and performance artist. He is Sansei ; and his work often deals with Asian American history and identity issues. He is widely known for a series of one-man shows, including Life in the Fast Lane, I'm on a Mission From Buddha, Mifune and...

 and Natsuko Ohama.

The seventeen minute film premiered at the Mill Valley Film Festival

Mill Valley Film Festival

The Mill Valley Film Festival is an annual, non-competitive film festival presented by the California Film Institute. Known as a filmmakers’ festival, the annual Mill Valley Film Festival offers a non-competitive environment for exhibiting independent and world cinema.Founded in 1978 by MVFF...

 on October 4th, 2003.