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Release Date:
May 3, 2022
Original Title:
Silent Beauty
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
Black Public Media (BPM)
Corazón Oscuro Productions
ITVS
Latino Public Broadcasting
Production Countries:
Malta | Mexico | United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 87
When director Jasmin Mara López sees a photo of her niece with her grandfather, she is flooded by painful memories of her own childhood sexual abuse at his hands—and the following 24 years of her silence. In this cinematically striking and poetic documentary, López bravely films her story as a willful act to accept difficult truths while finding beauty in the process of healing. As she defies the cultural silence that pervades her family and confronts her abusive grandfather, who is a Baptist minister, a world of generational abuse unfolds, and she quickly discovers she is not alone. Through archival family footage and intimate moments with her family, López has created a film about confronting painful truths and the beauty one can feel when they reach the other side of grief.
Associate Producer:
Zaferhan Yumru
Lauren Cargo
Amada Torruella
Sarah Garrahan
Colorist:
Natacha Ikoli
Director:
Jasmín Mara López
Director of Photography:
Bron Moyi
Editor:
Sarah Garrahan
Executive Producer:
Sally Jo Fifer
Lois Vossen
Music:
Gil Talmi
Producer:
Jasmín Mara López
Supervising Producer:
Amy Shatsky-Gambrill
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