My Invincible Compass

A documentary, a children’s book, and a video game.

PART I

THE DOCUMENTARY

 Filmed across Japan over a period of five years, this one-of-a-kind documentary follows the journeys of children living in institutional care and shows the kind of world they face after aging out of the system.

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If you wish to own your own copy of the film, a downloadable link is available when you purchase a copy of the book.

PART II

THE BOOK

CHILDREN’S BOOK FOR ADULTS

PART III

THE VIDEO GAME

THE BIG WHY

At the beginning of his children’s book, Coraline, author Neil Gaiman pens an epigraph paraphrasing from writer G.K. Chesterton.  The epigraph states… 

“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”  

True and make-believe stories often shape and impact us in deep and profound ways.  We all need stories in our life that tell us that our life matters, that we are capable of facing and defeating the dragons (traumatic life experiences) in our life, and that there is indeed more to our story that is still to come.  I shaped the film and the book the way I did for these reasons.  

- Matt Miller, director and author of My Invincible Compass