Standing at five-feet tall with a long torso and shorter limbs, Julie Wyman realized from a young age that her proportions seemed different from her peers. Growing up, she was often teased and repeatedly told that her body wasn’t suited for some of her dreams for the future.

A documentary confronting structural racism has shed light on the issue of racism within the health care system, focusing specifically on its largest workforce — nurses.

Filmmaker Julie Wyman, associate professor of cinema and digital media, brings a deeply personal connection to UNTITLED DWARFISM PROJECT, a documentary feature film exploring the little people community’s perspectives on new pharmaceutical treatments for dwarfism.