Finding Angela Shelton cleverly moves through the filmmaker’s life story along with the recurring dreams she has while on the road in search of women in America who share her name. She discovers that the Angelas share much more than initials, 70% of the Angela Sheltons she interviews were victims of child sexual abuse, rape and/or domestic violence. Her namesakes inspire the filmmaker to confront her own past along with her abusive father when one of the Angela Sheltons lives in the same town as the filmmaker's father who abused her and her sibligns for five years. The story lead the filmmaker who set out to make a comedy to completely transform her entire life, inspired by women who share her name and her story.
