The silent scream / produced by RTE.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Raidió Teilifís Éireann., Producer.

Alexander Street Press.

Series:

Filmakers library online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adult child sexual abuse victims.

Child sexual abuse.

Sexual abuse victims.

Sexually abused children.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (29 minutes).

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 1994.

Language Note:

This edition in English.

System Details:

digital

data file

Summary:

This unusually sensitive film is a powerful reminder that adults must take children seriously if they hint that something is amiss at home. Abusers often silence children by telling them they will not be believed or threatening them with dire consequences. This was the case with the Kavanagh sisters whose hesitant attempts to seek help fell on deaf ears. It still amazes the sisters today that in their crowded household of ten children their father found private corners to sexually molest them. Even their mother had many blind spots concerning her husband, not wishing to look too closely. These painful stories of repeated abuse are interwoven with poems and drawings of other sexually abused children. As grown women the Kavanagh s found the strength to come forward and prosecute their father in a court of law. They cannot forgive the man who took their childhood away from them, but at least the healing process has begun.

Notes:

Originally released as DVD.

Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011).

National Women's Studies Association, 1994

OCLC:

747799061

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.