Silent Beauty (2022)

Director Jasmin Mara López is deeply affected by a photograph of her niece and grandfather, triggering painful memories of her own childhood sexual abuse by the grandfather and the subsequent 24 years of silence. In this powerful documentary, López films her story as a way to face difficult truths and find healing. She challenges the family's silence and confronts her abusive grandfather, a Baptist minister, uncovering a history of abuse across generations and realizing she is not alone. Using family footage and intimate moments, López creates a film about confronting pain and finding beauty after grief.