Letting is a short film that explores the significance of blood through personal experience and factual information. Living with thalassemia has shaped my understanding of blood as something essential to both life and identity. By combining facts about blood with my own experiences, the film connects scientific knowledge with lived experience. The title Letting references the historical practice of bloodletting while also serving as a play on doctors letting me continue hormone therapy. It reflects how blood has been central to both my medical care and my sense of identity,
