Film Story
Award-winning film director and producer Sylvie Rokab captured a unique story about healing the scars of incest in this groundbreaking feature documentary, which evoked standing ovations at its Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival world premiere.
The film explores a South Florida dance/theatre troupe of incest survivors who perform their stories of lost innocence and journey toward empowerment. As children, their bodies were violated. They were forced into silence and lived in shame. As adolescents, their anguish became unbearable. They found relief in drugs, alcohol, food, and sex.
As adults, they regained their power through Innermotion. On stage, they share the events that kept them bound to chains of secrecy for too long. This time, they are telling the truth.
According to FBI statistics, 67% of victims of sexual abuse in the US are juveniles. Innermotion has made it their mission to help other survivors heal. Also, they break the secrecy of incest to educate the general public. Their goal is to create a movement to eradicate child sexual abuse.
But certain obstacles seem insurmountable... Innermotion's budget is drastically cut, limiting its ability to travel and broaden its audience. Performers have a creative crisis and the group appears doomed. An outrageous idea brings hope to this committed troupe: the creation of a comedy show on incest!
Produced over a span of four years, Innermotion--The Dance of Incest promises to take its audiences from deep levels of compassion to laughter and, ultimately, celebration. This film is the engaging story of people who dared to face their demons and transform them through healing into power.