Le silence (2020)
• November 12th, 2020 • 1h 46min
Documentary
Overview
From the 1950s to the 1980s, Catholic priests committed numerous sexual abuses on young boys in several French-speaking villages in New Brunswick. Brought to light when the victims were in their fifties, these scandals sparked shock and indignation in the media and the public. Why have affected communities chosen secrecy over justice and truth for so long? Taking advantage of their influence to impose a "pious silence" on their parishioners, several figures of authority have built a veritable structure of abuse that testifies as much to the oppressions specific to the Acadian populations as to the systemic denial of the Catholic Church. Challenged by the power of collective silence, seasoned filmmaker Renée Blanchar seeks to unravel the root causes by going out to meet the survivors.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Story In The Stars
Released on: 2015-05-05
Documentary
See the Constellations like never before... See them as God sees them! For centuries the Creator's ...
Tell No One
Released on: 2019-05-11
Documentary
Polish documentary directed by Tomasz Sekielski about child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in P...
I Was Possessed by God
Released on: 2000-01-01
Documentary
On Valentine's Day, 1993, Caveh Zahedi decided to ingest 5 grams (a very large dose) of hallucinogen...
Religulous
Released on: 2008-10-01
Documentary, Comedy
Commentator-comic Bill Maher plays devil's advocate with religion as he talks to believers about the...
Equilíbrio e Graça
Released on: 2002-01-01
Documentary, Drama
A short film about the meeting of a Trappist monk and a Zen Buddhist master.
Ritos Populares: Umbanda no Brasil
Released on: 1977-02-01
Documentary
A documentary based on the book Umbanda no Brasil by the scholar Mata e Silva, who is interviewed by...
I, Pastafari: A Flying Spaghetti Monster Story
Released on: 2019-10-05
Documentary
I, Pastafari is a documentary film about the world's fastest growing religion: The Church of The Fly...
The Quran, The Origins Of The Book
Released on: 2009-01-01
Documentary, History
The Quran is the Holy Book of Islam, a religion shared by more than a billion followers worldwide. F...
Al Djanat, the Original Paradise
Released on: 2023-04-23
Documentary
The death of a Burkinabé family’s patriarch and the division of his estate unearths conflict between...
King of the Jews
Released on: 2000-03-14
Documentary
King of the Jews is a film about anti-Semitism and transcendence. Utilizing Hollywood movies, 1950's...
The Object
Released on: 2007-01-01
Documentary
Documentary about three men from Kentucky who claim to have discovered an Old Testament relic for 69...
Daughters of Wisdom
Released on: 2007-06-03
Documentary
An intimate portrait of the nuns of Kala Rongo, a rare and exceptional Buddhist Monastery exclusivel...
J.R. “Bob” Dobbs and The Church of the SubGenius
Released on: 2019-03-10
Documentary
What started out as an inside joke amongst two self proclaimed weirdos in Ft. Worth, Texas soon beco...
A Goy Guide to World History
Released on: 2014-01-01
Documentary, History
Spanning over 2,000 years, this study looks at the complex relationship between Jewish and Catholic ...
Francesco
Released on: 2020-10-25
Documentary
Francesco takes an unsparing look at the most pressing challenges of the 21st-century, asking deep q...
The World's Worst Place to Be Gay?
Released on: 2011-02-14
Documentary
Scott Mills travels to Uganda where the death penalty could soon be introduced for being gay. The ga...
Me and the Mosque
Released on: 2005-01-01
Documentary, Animation
Using original animation, archival footage and personal interviews, this full-length documentary por...
Bad Faith
Released on: 2024-01-10
Documentary
On January 6, 2021, Americans witnessed an attack on the U.S. Capitol without precedent in our histo...
Iran: The Hundred Year War
Released on: 2009-02-11
Documentary
What kind of world power is Iran becoming, and how will Western countries deal with it?