Keep Quiet and Forgive | Trailer
Preview: Season 27 Episode 8 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
One woman exposes abuse within Amish communities and helps survivors find the strength to speak out.
Keep Quiet and Forgive follows Lizzie as she challenges Amish and Mennonite traditions that silence sexual abuse survivors. Decades after her assault, she leads a movement for justice and healing within a notoriously private community, revealing the power of speaking out.
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
Keep Quiet and Forgive | Trailer
Preview: Season 27 Episode 8 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Keep Quiet and Forgive follows Lizzie as she challenges Amish and Mennonite traditions that silence sexual abuse survivors. Decades after her assault, she leads a movement for justice and healing within a notoriously private community, revealing the power of speaking out.
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
How to Watch Independent Lens
Independent Lens is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, and Vizio.
Buy Now
The Misunderstood Pain Behind Addiction
An interview with filmmaker Joanna Rudnick about making the animated short PBS documentary 'Brother' about her brother and his journey with addiction.Providing Support for PBS.org
Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship- Your Honor, I'm sharing my story with you because I was shamed into secrecy for 30 years.
This secret has affected every aspect of my life.
- I was sexually abused as a child.
- This is an issue in the Amish community.
- You do not bring it up.
You're supposed to forgive and forget.
If we don't do something, they're gonna keep doing what they've been doing.
Somebody has to step up.
[♪♪]
Support for PBS provided by: