Silenced
DIRECTOR
Amy Tuxworth
RUN TIME
10 Minutes
LANGUAGE
Arabic, English
YEAR
2018
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COUNTRY
Australia
GENRE
Drama, Short
CAST
Simon Elrahi, Teresa Zaidan, Alaa Sukkarieh
ENGLISH SUBTITLES
Yes
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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