Spinning Forward

In There Are No Words, filmmaker Min Sook Lee returns to the grief she has carried since losing her mother to su***de at age 12 — a loss her family never spoke about.
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It premiered at TIFF in 2025. This personal essay film explores how silence around trauma can hollow a life from the inside, and what it means to finally face that pain and tell the story.
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If you grew up with things your family “didn’t talk about,” this film may resonate deeply.

👉 Learn more about There Are No Words and Min Sook Lee — click the link in our bio or visit SpinningForward.com to read the full article in Issue 38: From Silence to Voice: Healing Immigrant Trauma.