Short Film · Drama

Silence was your inheritance.
It doesn’t have to be your future.

10 million stories in 10 minutes. For everyone who has ever needed permission to speak out.

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A Story Rooted in Silence

Shame Resilience explores the quiet violence of emotional suppression and the courage it takes to name what was never allowed to be spoken. This film is not loud — it is honest.

Synopsis

For you, silence wasn't a choice. It was survival. Learned at eight years old in family rooms where your voice didn’t matter. Speaking up meant being labeled defiant or "too much," so you buried your most authentic self just to survive.

Shame Resilience is not just a film about healing; it is a force-stop moment for a generation tired of performing.

It peels back the layers of performance to reveal the raw, authentic life underneath. In the final scene, when the character screams, "I'm done. I can't do this anymore," you won’t just hear it. If you’ve been carrying silence like a birthright, you will feel that scream in your chest.

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The Story Behind Shame Resilience

This film was born from a simple, heartbreaking observation of the world we live in:

We are surrounded by people who have lost the ability to say how they truly feel. We watched as "quiet struggles" became normal, and as people grew older, they began filtering themselves through fear of judgment, terrified of how they would be perceived.

We saw that silence had become a "weight on the heart" for too many.

This is a story for the people who are tired of pretending, designed to be the mirror that finally allows you to put the weight down.

Short Film

Drama

Director’s Vision

I understand what it means to be silenced. I know the weight of it. My vision for Shame Resilience was to use storytelling to pass a solid message: You are not alone on this journey.

When this story was first shared with me, I knew it needed to be watched. Not because it was loud or dramatic, but because it was honest.

I needed to strip away the sensationalism often found in film and simply expose human flaws, not to shame them, but to invite acknowledgment.

With this film, I hope to create a space where wounds that need attention are finally seen, and where emotions that have been silenced are given a voice. This film is my invitation to you: stop performing, and start healing through honesty.

Vision & Values

Emotional Literacy

Creating space for people to name what they were never taught to express — and to reclaim language where silence once lived.

Cultural Change

Challenging inherited silence by starting honest conversations within families, communities, and private spaces.

Healing Through Story

Using cinema not as spectacle, but as reflection — allowing audiences to see themselves without judgment.

Behind the Scenes

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Production Team

Feranmi Akinbote

Producer

Clinton Okhai

Assistant Director

Ditie Edako

Director

Daniel

Cinematographer

David

Sound Engineer

Partner With the Film

Shame Resilience is more than a film; it is a movement to disrupt the culture of silence. We cannot do this alone. We are looking for partners who understand the weight of our message.

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Donation Details

Account Name: Peace Feranmi Akinbote

Bank: Wema Bank

Account Number: 0423649031

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Silence was your inheritance. It doesn’t have to be your future.