Silenced

DIRECTOR

Amy Tuxworth

RUN TIME

10 Minutes

LANGUAGE

Arabic, English

YEAR

2018

Country

Australia

English Subtitles

Yes

Genre

Drama, Short

Cast

Simon Elrahi, Teresa Zaidan, Alaa Sukkarieh

Classification

No age restrictions

Synopsis

Silenced follows a Muslim family dealing with the constant battle of Islamophobia and oppression in their Western Sydney neighbourhood. Will sticking to their beliefs free them from a self imposed prison of fear or will it isolate them even more?

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