Documentary backdrop image for Speechless (2009)

Documentary backdrop image for Speechless (2009)

200912 minPG-13doc-short

Conflict Human Trafficking

Speechless

200912 minPG-13doc-short

Several hundred people died and tens of thousands were expelled from South Ossetia during the 2008 Georgian War.

Conflict Human Trafficking

Genres

Director

Synopsis

Several hundred people died and tens of thousands were expelled from South Ossetia during the 2008 Georgian War.

People

Salomé Jashi

Salomé Jashidirector

Synopsis

Salomé Jashi captures the aftermath of the 2008 Georgian War, focusing on families in South Ossetia who lost loved ones. The film portrays the experiences of those displaced from their homes and the soldiers involved in the conflict. Children struggle to understand the chaos around them. Jashi presents a unique approach, allowing the audience to confront the tragedy without showing the violence directly. The 12-minute documentary emphasizes the emotional toll of war on individuals and communities.

Comments

What are people saying?

Play More Like This

Kill Zone: Inside Gaza (2024)

Kill Zone: Inside Gaza

2024•1h•★10.0TMDB

Gaza's civilian population faces severe challenges during the Israeli military assault, with children, journalists, and doctors enduring significant trauma and loss.

Kill Zone: Inside Gaza

20 Days in Mariupol (2023)

20 Days in Mariupol

2023•1h34m•★8.1TMDB

Thirty hours of footage were collected by Mstyslav Chernov and his team during the first weeks of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in Mariupol.

20 Days in Mariupol

How Oct. 7 Changed Everything (2024)

How Oct. 7 Changed Everything

At least 42,000 Palestinians have been killed since October 7, 2023, amid Israel's ongoing military campaign in Gaza.

How Oct. 7 Changed Everything

Escaping Rape and Murder in Ethiopia's Civil War (2021)

Escaping Rape and Murder in Ethiopia's Civil War

Over 50,000 Ethiopian refugees are currently sheltered in the Umrikuba camp in eastern Sudan, fleeing violence from the civil war that began in November 2020.

Escaping Rape and Murder in Ethiopia's Civil War

Strange Border Kidnappings in Kosovo: Correspondent Confidential (2014)

Strange Border Kidnappings in Kosovo: Correspondent Confidential

Hundreds of people disappeared after the Kosovo war, with many allegedly kidnapped by the Kosovo Liberation Army and taken alive across the border to Albania.

Strange Border Kidnappings in Kosovo: Correspondent Confidential

Yemen - kids and the war (2018)

Yemen - kids and the war

In Yemen, children Ahmed, Rima, and Youssef share their harrowing experiences of living amidst the devastating conflict that has plagued their country since 2015.

Yemen - kids and the war

Dying for the Motherland: Russia's Ghost Army in Ukraine (Part 3) (2015)

Dying for the Motherland: Russia's Ghost Army in Ukraine (Part 3)

In Russia, families of active-duty servicemen share accounts of their loved ones' deaths in Ukraine, highlighting the government's denial of military involvement.

Dying for the Motherland: Russia's Ghost Army in Ukraine (Part 3)

A First-Hand Account of Sudan's Civil War (2023)

A First-Hand Account of Sudan's Civil War

Two armies in Sudan are fighting for control, leading residents to learn the sounds of gunfire to assess their safety amid ongoing violence.

A First-Hand Account of Sudan's Civil War

Congo's War from All Sides (2008)

Congo's War from All Sides

Around 4 million people have died in the Democratic Republic of Congo due to a war fueled by the demand for minerals like cassiterite and coltan.

Congo's War from All Sides

Women Behind Bars in Philippines: How to Survive the Mandaluyong Prison? (2025)

Women Behind Bars in Philippines: How to Survive the Mandaluyong Prison?

Mandaluyong City's Correctional Institution for Women, the oldest women's prison in the Philippines, houses over three thousand inmates amid strict security challenges.

Women Behind Bars in Philippines: How to Survive the Mandaluyong Prison?

Nefarious: Merchant of Souls (2020)

Nefarious: Merchant of Souls

Modern-day slavery is exposed through firsthand accounts and expert analysis, revealing the harsh realities of human trafficking across nineteen countries.

Nefarious: Merchant of Souls

Tibetan Refugees: The Hardest Fight For Justice After 70 Years Of Exile (2026)

Tibetan Refugees: The Hardest Fight For Justice After 70 Years Of Exile

Tibetan refugees, after 70 years in exile, continue to seek justice, as illustrated by Sonam Choeden's return to India and insights from the 14th Dalai Lama.

Tibetan Refugees: The Hardest Fight For Justice After 70 Years Of Exile

Explore Speechless

Trailer Topics FAQ

Where else to watch

Kill Zone: Inside Gaza (2024)

Kill Zone: Inside Gaza

2024•1h•★10.0TMDB

Gaza's civilian population faces severe challenges during the Israeli military assault, with children, journalists, and doctors enduring significant trauma and loss.

Kill Zone: Inside Gaza

No digital watch option in your country

20 Days in Mariupol (2023)

20 Days in Mariupol

2023•1h34m•★8.1TMDB

Thirty hours of footage were collected by Mstyslav Chernov and his team during the first weeks of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in Mariupol.

20 Days in Mariupol

No digital watch option in your country

Cries from Syria (2017)

Cries from Syria

2017•1h52m•★7.2TMDB

Over 5 million Syrians have fled their homes due to the ongoing civil war, seeking safety and stability amid widespread violence and humanitarian crises.

Cries from Syria

Tears of Gaza (2010)

Tears of Gaza

2010•1h21m•★6.5TMDB

In Gaza, children endure the chaos of war as families confront grief and trauma amid the destruction caused by the Gaza War.

Am Rande der Welt (1993)

Am Rande der Welt

1993•1h30m•★7.0TMDB

Filmed over two years, the documentary captures the stark contrast between Georgia's independence celebrations in 1991 and the devastation of civil war in 1992.

Am Rande der Welt

Land of Milk and Honey (2020)

Land of Milk and Honey

2020•1h29m•★6.0TMDB

Three families in Bosnia, Georgia, and Greece confront the challenges of displacement and loss while seeking safety and reunion in a world marked by conflict.

Land of Milk and Honey

Browse more like this

Women Behind Bars in Philippines: How to Survive the Mandaluyong Prison? (2025)

Women Behind Bars in Philippines: How to Survive the Mandaluyong Prison?

Mandaluyong City's Correctional Institution for Women, the oldest women's prison in the Philippines, houses over three thousand inmates amid strict security challenges.

Women Behind Bars in Philippines: How to Survive the Mandaluyong Prison?

No digital watch option in your country

Russian Lessons (2010)

Russian Lessons

2010•1h50m•★5.8TMDB

Significant military and civilian casualties occurred during the Russian-Georgian war in August 2008, as documented by filmmakers on the frontline.

Russian Lessons

Ten Seconds (2016)

Ten Seconds

2016•1h10m•★7.0TMDB

On January 24, 2015, shelling by pro-Russian militants in Mariupol's Skhidniy district changed the lives of residents in just ten seconds.

Something About Georgia (2009)

Something About Georgia

2009•1h43m•★6.0TMDB

A presidential election in January 2008 and a subsequent war with Russia mark a tumultuous year in Georgia's young democracy.

Something About Georgia

Georgia, Alone (1995)

Georgia, Alone

1995•3h56m•★4.2TMDB

A four-hour film produced in France intertwines Georgia's history with the backdrop of the Chechen war and the fates of two KGB-affiliated politicians.

Deza-Femijet (Kosovo 2000) (2001)

Deza-Femijet (Kosovo 2000)

2001•1h30m•★8.0TMDB

Six children from Kosovo share their experiences of war through black-and-white footage mixed with color images taken by themselves.

Deza-Femijet (Kosovo 2000)

Thailand Dreams (2016)

Thailand Dreams

Thailand's beaches attract Western men seeking relationships with Thai women, raising questions about love, exploitation, and the mail-order bride phenomenon.

Thailand Dreams

Gaza: The Killing Zone (2003)

Gaza: The Killing Zone

Daily violence in the Gaza Strip escalates as Dispatches reporter Sandra Jordan and producer Rodrigo Vasquez document the dangerous conditions on the ground.

Gaza: The Killing Zone

Good Kurds, Bad Kurds: No Friends But the Mountains (2000)

Good Kurds, Bad Kurds: No Friends But the Mountains

2000•1h12m•★6.5TMDB

Seventy-two minutes of footage show how Kurdish identities change based on different perspectives in conflict-ridden Iraq.

Good Kurds, Bad Kurds: No Friends But the Mountains

Browse more by Salomé Jashi

View all films →

The Dazzling Light of Sunset (2016)

The Dazzling Light of Sunset

2016

Taming the Garden (2022)

Taming the Garden

2022

Their Helicopter (2006)

Their Helicopter

2006

Is this your film?

If you made this film or hold the rights to it, we'd like to talk. We can license it and pay you a share of what it earns.

License it with us →