Javier Lezama stars alongside Meshach Taylor, Joe Angeles, Elena Campbell-Martinez, and Joshua Gutierrez in the new short film Silencio, directed by Chris Mammarelli.
In the film, a male teenager raised by a devout Catholic mother and an abusive father questions his manhood. Between being bullied and victimized by peer pressure, he struggles to make sense of the world around him. He crosses paths with a street gang and fails to resist them. Caught in the gang bangers’ grip, he is forced to commit an unimaginable crime, which leads to heartbreaking circumstances.
In the film, a male teenager raised by a devout Catholic mother and an abusive father questions his manhood. Between being bullied and victimized by peer pressure, he struggles to make sense of the world around him. He crosses paths with a street gang and fails to resist them. Caught in the gang bangers’ grip, he is forced to commit an unimaginable crime, which leads to heartbreaking circumstances.