BREAK THE SILENCE
Break the Silence features raw, powerful interviews with 17 diverse cisgender and transgender women about their sexual & reproductive health histories. Women from a variety of racial and ethnic, age, sexual orientation, and class backgrounds candidly recount their histories with sexual education, early sexual experiences, abortion, birth control, masturbation, relationships, gender transition, menstruation, STIs, gynecological exams, sexual assault, pregnancy, pleasure, and much more.
Challenging social taboo with unflinching candor, vulnerability, and often great humor, Break the Silence catalyzes vitally important conversations around sexual education, health, autonomy, pleasure, and human rights.
Distributed by New Day Films and available on Kanopy
Credits
- Directed by Willow O’Feral
- Produced by Willow O’Feral & Brad Heck
- In partnership with The Women’s Action Team
- Featuring: Becca, Dede, Emilie, Lisa, Maya, Diana, Hollis, Jess, Kiera, Lacey, Lana, Leslie, Marlene, Nadia, Opeyemi, Sharon, and Shela
- Cinematography Willow O’Feral
- Editor Willow O’Feral
- Assistant Editor Aster Teter
- Sound Mix/Color Grading Rikk Desgres
- Captions Cary Russell
- Graphic Design Michelle Noe/Noe Design
- Poster Illustration Atticus O’Feral
- Soundtrack (trailer) Atticus O’Feral
Trailer
REVIEWS
“This documentary should be seen and digested by anyone with a pulse.”
Donna Macomber,
Women’s Freedom Center
“Raw and powerful intimacy…the response from the audience was incredible”
– Qian Li, Student
The Middlebury Campus
“O’Feral’s powerful documentary roused the little girl resting in my psyche’s recesses”
-Senator Becca Balint
The Bennington Banner
“Reproductive justice, which encompasses more than just abortion access, is a woman’s essential right.”
Brattleboro Reformer
UPCOMING SCREENINGS
Sunday, Nov 9, 2022 | 6PM
Special Event for Reproductive Liberty
Venue: Latchis Theater, Brattleboro VT
PAST SCREENINGS
11-18-19 UVM, Burlington, VT
04-19-19 Bennington College, VT
11-29-18 [FRAMED] SERIES, Next Stage, Putney, VT
11-15-18 TOWN HALL, Middlebury, VT
11-08-18 MARLBORO COLLEGE, Marlboro, VT
8-31-18 MACHINA ARTS/5 at the Hive, Keene NH
8-26-18 MIDDLEBURY NEW FILMMAKERS FESTIVAL, VT
6-3-18 MENDOCINO FILM FESTIVAL, Mendocino CA
5-9-18 One Mountain/Many Paths Workshop, Stowe VT
4-29-18 Manchester Library, Manchester VT
3-25-18 GREEN MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL, Montpelier VT
3-6-18 Mendocino Community High School, Mendocino CA
2-24-18 Oddfellows Hall, Mendocino CA
10-29-17 Latchis Theatre, Brattleboro VT