Sep 26, 2019
15 min
Full-HD

Shannon Amen (2019)

Shannon Amen unearths the passionate and pained expressions of a young woman overwhelmed by guilt and anxiety as she struggles to reconcile her sexual identity with her religious faith. A loving elegy to a friend lost to suicide.

Category

Animation Documentary Drama

Country

Canada

Companies

ONF | NFB

Shannon Jamieson

Voice

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