Keep Quiet and Forgive
An Amish sexual assault survivor breaks her silence, sparking a movement for justice and reform.
About the Documentary
Three decades after her assault, Lizzie confronts her Amish community’s silence around sexual abuse. She leads a movement to support fellow Amish and Mennonite survivors as they navigate trauma, faith, and family ties. With rare access, Keep Quiet and Forgive follows Lizzie and other survivors as they fight to replace “forgive and forget” with healing and justice.
The Filmmakers
Sarah McClure
Sarah McClure is a journalist and filmmaker whose work includes Radicals Rising, Frat Power, duPont Award-winning Death by Fentanyl, and Emmy Award-nominated Prison Kids: A crime against America’s children. She’s worked with The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Univision, and Agence France-Presse.
Joseph Terranova
Joseph Terranova is a Lebanese-Syrian-American filmmaker and cinematographer who began his career as a humanitarian storyteller in East Africa. He produced the award-winning short narrative On the Mountain, about an English teacher from Kabul and is the founder of reverie, a production company based in Pennsylvania.
Jamie Boyle
Jamie Boyle is a two-time Emmy® Award-winning documentary filmmaker. She is a Sundance Institute and IDA-supported artist, a DOC NYC 40 Under 40 recipient, and a Sundance Talent Forum Fellow. Her feature directorial debut, Anonymous Sister, was shortlisted for the IDA Best Documentary Award and nominated for a 2024 Emmy Award.
Jessie Deeter
Jessie Deeter is an Emmy Award-nominated filmmaker. Her films include The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley, Death by Fire, Do You Trust This Computer?, A Revolution in Four Seasons, Spark: A Burning Man Story, Who Killed the Electric Car?, and Revenge of the Electric Car.