Without A Voice

Exposing the hidden epidemic of sexual abuse in the Jewish community. PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THE HASIDIC MAN IN THE TRAILER IS NOT A RABBI - HE'S JUST A COMMUNITY MEMBER!!!!!!!! This trailer was made with the intention for fundraising therefore no titles were used under the people on screen. I felt for a fundraising purpose the names weren't important - rather the content and subject matter are.

This following trailer for Without A Voice was completed on December 12, 2006. In the beginning of the trailer is says "coming 2007." At this moment (meaning December 12, 2006) there is no feature that will be released in 2007 due to personal circumstances. "Coming 2007" is there to entice interest and rage about this subject. My goal with this trailer is to get this issue out to the world so we can create change and awareness. If the trailer creates enough awareness I believe a feature documentary film is not necessary, and that is my hope. However, if there is not enough awareness made from this trailer I will make the feature if circumstances allow it. Circumstances include, but are not limited to, health, finance, and creative control.

The subjects in the trailer consist of persons, who are victims, therapist/psychologist, parents, and members of different Orthodox Jewish communities. All subjects who have their faces shown gave verbal consent recorded on tape that it was okay to use their footage. Subjects who did not give consent, their images were not shown. Subjects who are silhouetted gave consent on camera to be seen in silhouette.
(Excerpted from release written on 12/12/06)

At the moment a feature is in the works. Stay tuned.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Exposing
• hidden
• epidemic
• sexual
• abuse
• jewish
• community
• rabbis

[beatlebub]

A very powerful presentation of very important material that needs to be seen and heard. Sensitively done.  I hope this developes into a full length documentary.