"Cookie" is based on the director's own experience with spasmodic dysphonia, which has not inhibited him from pursuing a career both in front of and behind the camera. Empathetic and humane, it makes a case for defining ourselves not by our limitations, but by our capabilities and dreams. Gaby's pursuit to fulfill her talent and express her innermost light isn't valuable because of the end achievement, but because she summoned the courage to go after it. In doing so, she learns to be who she is without apologies -- something that will propel her forward and grow, no matter what life throws at her.
