The Zen Speaker: Breaking the Silence

Director: Robin Greenspun

Lives are transformed when courage conquers shame.

The Zen Speaker: Breaking the Silence is the story of Amy Ayoub, a prominent Nevada businesswoman who found the courage to overcome her shame about the trauma she’d kept hidden for 38 years.

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A personal portrait, the film explores the emotional and physical devastation associated with sex trafficking — being a survivor, having a public vs a private persona, and finding one’s voice in unexpected ways.  In 2012, Amy learned about a bill slated to come before the state legislature: Nevada Assembly Bill 67, which would establish sex trafficking of children and adults as a crime, give victims the right to sue their traffickers, and impose harsher penalties on the traffickers.

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Amy knew it was time to tell her story, whatever the consequences for her personal and professional life.  The film charts Amy’s transformational journey from a tumultuous childhood in Las Vegas to her emotionally wrenching testimony in 2013 before the Nevada State Legislature. Her voice set her free.


Released in 2019
99 minutes
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