Dan Sallitt

“I made Mama think I was depressed – or maybe I was depressed.  I don’t know.  I felt like I was pretending to be depressed to avoid having the talk.  But maybe I was really depressed and just thought I was pretending.” After reading the film’s synopsis— “17-year-old Jackie is in distress as her older …

The Unspeakable Act Directed by Dan Sallitt Written by Dan Sallitt USA, 2012 There are countless moments in Dan Sallitt’s The Unspeakable Act that resonate far deeper than most things you’ve seen on screen; this is a precise and assured work that revels in silence and bruises the viewer with its spoken and unspoken intimacy. The film …