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Shannon Amen

  • Animation
  • Documentary
  • Drama

September 26, 2019 (CA)

0h 15m

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.

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