Film Description:

Silent Treatment tells the story of two incarcerated, hearing-impaired individuals overcoming the struggle and stigma of their disability by starting an ASL class aimed at teaching their peers their language—so that they can finally be heard by all.

Log Line:

Two hearing-impaired persons share their struggle of being deaf while incarcerated, which leads them to start teaching ASL to the prison population.

Director: Ryan Pagan

Producers: Rahsaan “New York” Thomas, Ryan Pagan, Anthony Gomez

Executive Producers: Rahsaan “New York” Thomas, Skyler Brown, The Pollen Initiative

DP: Ryan Pagan

Cinematographers: Ryan Pagan, Anthony Gomez, Marcus Eugene, Brian Asey, Rahsaan Thomas, Antwan Williams

Editor: Anthony Gomez, Ryan Pagan, Miguel Munoz-Huerta

Sound Design: Anthony Gomez

Music by: Miguel Munoz-Huerta