The Bay College Anime Club and the Diversity Committee will be showing the film “A Silent Voice” in the Besse Theater on Tuesday, November 13th at 7pm. Please come and enjoy the film with us.
It has a 93% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and received many favorable reviews by groups around the world. This is an amazing film that depicts the struggle faced by some in the deaf community. It shows the damage that can be caused by bullying and the power of forgiveness.
The film synopsis reads:
“A deaf elementary school girl, Shoko Nishimiya, upon transferring, meets a boy named Shoya Ishida in her new class. Shoya, who is not deaf, leads the class in bullying Shoko, because she is deaf. As the bullying continues, the class starts to bully Shoya for bullying Shoko. After graduating from elementary school, Shoko and Shoya do not speak to each other… until later, when Shoya, tormented over his past, decides he must see Shoko once more. Shoya wants to make amends for what he did in elementary school and be Shoko’s friend.”
