GOOD FILM
Chosen (Completed )
Summary
Chosen is testament to the power of a compelling story, simply told. The film deals with a subject often whispered but rarely spoken about – the sexual abuse of boys by teachers in Britain’s private schools.
When is it Showing?
- DVD 1st January 2009,
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Filmmaking Team
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Brian Woods
Director
About the Film
For thirty years the boys, and the men they became, stayed silent, nursing the dark secret of the abuse they suffered. But in this film, Tom, Mark and Alastair break that silence with spellbinding articulacy and breathtaking honesty - telling their stories straight to camera.
Standing apart from more tabloid models of talking about paedophilia, this film is sensitively told, allowing the men to talk directly about their experiences and the effect it has had on the rest of their lives.
Chosen reveals how these boys were groomed, how the private school system is poorly regulated, how abuse goes undetected, and why we need to listen.
www.chosen.org.uk
Seeking Distribution Help
We are seeking a distributor on this film
- RTS Awards
- British Academy Awards Winner
- Sheffield
- Britdoc
- "Chosen is one of the most important contributions Television has yet made to our social development, on a par with Cathy Come Home!”"Jon Snow
- "Outstanding! Should be shown in every school in the country."Billy Connolly
- "A masterpiece! So perfectly done, with so much art, dignity and compassion, that it commands attention."The Telegraph
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