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.
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Director
Jasmín Mara López
Director of Photography
Bron Moyi
Editor
Sarah Garrahan
Associate Producer
Zaferhan Yumru
Colorist
Natacha Ikoli
Executive Producer
Lois Vossen
Status
Released
Countries
Malta
Mexico
United States of America
Companies
Corazón Oscuro Productions
Black Public Media
Latino Public Broadcasting
ITVS
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