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The International Child Advocacy Network (YesICAN) is a non-profit organization whose mission is working worldwide to raise awareness of domestic violence and child abuse, and to break the silence and cycle of abuse. You can check out their website here.

 

Nashville singer/songwriter Hannah McNeil wrote and recorded Unbroken Angels, donating the song to YesICAN to honor children who have lost their lives to child abuse.

 

YesICAN then reached out to me to direct a music video for the song. I immediately started playing the song on a loop to brainstorm ideas for the video, but admittedly I kinda struggled at first. What does a music video look like for an organization like this? I finally realized that the piece actually needs to be a PSA about child abuse, to better raise awareness for both the cause and the organization… but the PSA could (and should) still be in the style of a music video.

 

As for content, I had some intriguing thoughts, but it wasn’t until I heard a certain statistic about child abuse that the idea really started to take shape.

 

“Approximately one out of every three boys who is physically abused will engage in criminal or anti-social behavior later in life, often including the abuse of his own children.”

 

That stat was like a punch to the gut, and instantly an idea sparked. A few days later I pitched that concept to the good folks at YesICAN, and they loved it. Soon after, YesICAN launched a crowdfunding campaign through Kickstarter to raise the funds to make the PSA/music video. Fast forward a few months, and here we are!

 

Cast

Hannah McNeil

Herself

 

Kai Caster

Drew

 

Brenna Ho

Schoolgirl

 

Rob Moore

Thomas

 

Justin Vaught

Tommy

 

Paul Hewitt

Joe

 

Annie Tiedemann

Amy

 

Shane Giedraitis

Joey

 

Alexis Boozer Sterling

Sandra

 

Dove Meir

Paul

 

Crew

Writer / Director

Anthony Bushman

 

Producers

Alexis Boozer Sterling

Gwydhar Gebien

 

Executive Producers

Anthony Bushman

Ryan Dotson

 

Original Music Written by

Bill DiLuigi

Rob Johnson

Hannah McNeil

 

Original Music Performed by

Hannah McNeil

 

Director of Photography / Colorist

Zack Charney Cohen

 

Production Designer

Lara Nichols

 

Editor

Erik Vogt-Nilsen

 

Costume Designer

Sara Abrahams

 

Casting Director

Jami Rudofsky

 

Sound Designer

Amy Reynolds

 

First Assistant Director

Brian K. Millard

 

 

 

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