Have you always shifted in your seat when a physically or mentally challenged person approaches you for alms at the traffic signal? Filmmaker Maximón Monihan has explored such realities in his first silent feature film, La Voz De Los Silenciados (The Voice of the Voiceless) that centres on a hearing impaired teenager Olga who hails from Central America.

The character, Olga, is a hearing impaired teenager, who is forced to sell ‘I am deaf’ baubles at traffic signals