The Power of Film to Tell a Story

Last night I watched “Screams Before Silence,” a 60-minute documentary film that focuses on the sexual atrocities committed by Hamas terrorists during the October 7th attacks on Israeli towns and at the Nova Music Festival. My bad. This is not a movie to watch before bed. Although the producers have made a conscious choice not to show intimate body parts, the all-around depiction of what happened to women at the hands of Hamas is easy enough to imagine when you hear the former hostages speak.

The idea for the documentary was conceived following the October 7th attacks…