Another Child

From the time she was 3, Leanna knew what her cousin did to her body behind closed doors was wrong. Still, his powerful threats kept her from telling anyone. At the age of 6, when she finally tried to tell her mother, Cyndi’s shocking response caused Leanna to shut herself off from her mother, and to remain silent about the on-going abuse for another 6 years. ANOTHER CHILD is director Leanna Borsellino’s attempt to unravel a confusing maze of emo-tion, religion, sexuality and secret family history to understand why her mother failed to protect her from her abuser. When Leanna finds a hidden box of her mother’s letters and photos, she discov-ers important clues into Cyndi’s motivations. Cyndi is frank about her own traumas, and it in-spires a fresh start for the two of them. Now a team, Leanna and Cyndi set out across the country to rediscover their true selves. They vis-it the scenes of each their sexual abuse experiences, reliving together the memory of those traumatic events. Then, in their final attempt to right some wrongs, they confront 3 generations of family members, in hopes of laying bare the truth and reaching a place of healing.