Film Screening with SafeHouse Center | Speak

When

Thursday April 20, 2023: 5:45pm to 7:45pm  Add to Calendar /   Add to Google Calendar

Where

Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room

Description

Join SafeHouse Center for a screening and discussion of the movie Speak. Speak is a 2004 American independent coming-of-age teen drama film based on the award-winning novel of the same name by Laurie Halse Anderson. This movie realistically depicts how many survivors feel and act after experiencing sexual assault.

Freshman high-school student Melinda (Kristen Stewart) has refused to speak ever since she called the cops on a popular summer party. With her old friends snubbing her for being a rat, and her parents too busy to notice her troubles, she folds into herself, trying to hide her secret.

This 92 minute film is rated PG-13.

This event is in recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month and in partnership with SafeHouse Center, a nonprofit that provides free and confidential services to survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault.