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The Voice of The Voiceless

Directed by Maximon Monihan

109 Min | English | USA | 2016 | Narrative
Feature | Open Captions

A radically different vision of filmmaking. This silent film follows Olga, a teenager with hearing impairment, who is lured from Central America to New York City under the false promise of attending a Christian sign language school. Once she arrives, Olga finds herself a slave to an international criminal syndicate. Forced to sell “I am deaf” trinkets on the subway, Olga is trapped inside a nightmare that will not end while we, the audience, are trapped with her. Based on a true story, The Voice of the Voiceless shatters our ideas about film, storytelling, and sound.

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