02 / Control
Quieted
Format
Short film
Status
Development
Synopsis
A young Black woman navigating academia finds her voice repeatedly dismissed, only to later reclaim authority as a professor who challenges the very systems that once silenced her.
What it reveals
Silence is not absence. It is enforced.
Key Elements
- Nonlinear narrative (student → professor → memory)
- Institutional interior spaces
- Repetition of silencing moments