...this silence must be heard...
Silent Message is the movie shot by high school students which tells the harrowing story of three teens, all the victims of sex abuse, shot in three seperate narrative stories. In the process of viewing the movie we find that sexual victimization crosses all ages, genders and race - and that the consequences of holding in this painful secret only greatly deepens the wound.
...Silent Message has been screened to audiences as large as 900 people, all with great approval...
About the movie
Silent Message was completed in the fall of 2006 and was premiered to a packed crowd of 400 theater attendees, eager to see what the three man independent movie company 'hudsonpro' and a small group of dedicated teens had worked so hard on. The end result was a very emotional experience, one which has only since been topped in every screening of the movie since. The momentum is only building and the silence is being heard...
Now, Silent Message is ready to purchase on DVD. In addition to the movie itself, the DVD of Silent Message includes an exciting featurette 'This Silence Must Be Heard,' a thiry minute documentary which chronicles Silent Message from it's conception to it's completion, narrorated by director Garrett White and featuring behind the scenes, interviews with survivors of abuse, Law Enforcement, and the cast and crew.
About the production
The Silent Message project was born from young teens seeing their fellow peers being the victim of sexual and violent abuse and feeling the need to help in any way possible. The result was getting the aid of the small independent movie company hudsonpro, after seeing their previous work 'Downfall' screened at highschools all across Oregon and beyond.
What spawned from that initial idea in late 2005, the need to help fellow teens, has finally blossomed into Silent Message, which up to this point has been a rousing success. The screenings of the movie have seen audiences totalling in the thousands wanting to be a part of this very unique and emotional experience.
