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202287 minPGdocumentary

2.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

Silent Beauty

202287 minPGdocumentary

2.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

Over 24 years of silence, Jasmin Mara López confronts her childhood sexual abuse, triggered by a photograph of her niece with her grandfather.

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Jasmín Mara López

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Over 24 years of silence, Jasmin Mara López confronts her childhood sexual abuse, triggered by a photograph of her niece with her grandfather.

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Jasmin Mara López reflects on her childhood sexual abuse after seeing a photograph of her niece with her grandfather, a Baptist minister. Over 24 years, she confronts her traumatic past and the silence that surrounds it within her family. The film includes archival family footage and personal insights, revealing a history of generational abuse. López addresses the stigma attached to these experiences and the need to break the silence that often protects abusers.

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