bamcinemaFest: The Unspeakable Act

Part of BAMcinemaFest

Sun, Jun 24 at 9:30pm
Q&A with Dan Sallitt, Sky Hirschkron, Tallie Medel, and others

NY PREMIERE

Director: Dan Sallitt
Producer: Shari Berman, Jaime Christley, Mark J. Parker, Julie Spiegel, Ania Trzebiatowska
Cinematography: Duraid Munajim
Editor: Dan Sallitt
With Tallie Medel, Sky Hirschkron, Aundrea Fares, Kati Schwartz, Caroline Luft, Kate Lyn Sheil

(2012) 91min

Jackie’s intense feelings for her brother Matthew form the unlikely backdrop of film critic Sallitt’s (All the Ships at Sea) third film. Set in Brooklyn’s Midwood, The Unspeakable Actdeftly renders the milestones of adolescence—choosing a college, losing one’s virginity—while offering an unnervingly dispassionate take on the last taboo.