Screams Before Silence

Topic

The documentary co-produced by Sheryl Sandberg that investigates and documents the sexual violence committed by Hamas during the October 7th attacks.


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10/22/2025, 4:07:37 AM

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10/22/2025, 4:08:19 AM

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Summary

Screams Before Silence is a documentary film spearheaded by American businesswoman Sheryl Sandberg, which investigates the sexual violence perpetrated by Hamas during the October 7th attacks in Israel, including events at the Nova music festival and the abduction of hostages. Released on YouTube on April 26, 2024, Sandberg has called it the most significant work of her career. The film, produced by Kastina Communications with funding from philanthropists Carol and Joey Low, received an Ophir Award nomination for Best Short Documentary in Israel in 2024. While aiming to combat denialism of these atrocities, it has faced criticism for relying on questionable sources, such as the "Screams Without Words" article. Sandberg discussed the film on the "All-In Podcast," detailing its focus on documenting sexual violence as a weapon of war and linking the denialism to political polarization, rising anti-Semitism, and a perceived silence from parts of the feminist movement, while affirming her support for a two-state solution.

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Extracted Attributes
  • Type

    Documentary film

  • Led by

    Sheryl Sandberg

  • Subject

    Sexual violence perpetrated by Hamas during October 7th attacks

  • Platform

    YouTube

  • Producer

    Kastina Communications

  • Criticism

    Reliance on questionable sources like the "Screams Without Words" article

  • Nomination

    Ophir Award for Best Short Documentary, 2024

  • Release Date

    2024-04-26

  • Funding provided by

    Joey Low

  • Sheryl Sandberg's description

    Most important work of her life/career

Timeline
  • Hamas perpetrates the October 7th attacks in Israel, which are the subject of the documentary. (Source: summary)

    2023-10-07

  • A film screening and discussion of 'Screams Before Silence' is hosted at Stanford University. (Source: web_search_results)

    2023-11-19

  • Meny Aviram and Joey Low approach Sheryl Sandberg, and production for the documentary begins. (Source: web_search_results)

    2023-12-XX

  • News breaks that Sheryl Sandberg is fronting an Israeli documentary about sexual atrocities committed by Hamas on October 7. (Source: web_search_results)

    2024-02-XX

  • The documentary 'Screams Before Silence' is released on YouTube. (Source: summary)

    2024-04-26

  • The film is nominated for an Ophir Award for Best Short Documentary in Israel. (Source: summary)

    2024-XX-XX

Screams Before Silence

Screams Before Silence is a documentary film led by American businesswoman Sheryl Sandberg, that explores the sexual violence perperated by Hamas members during the October 7 attacks, including events at the Nova music festival massacre and abductions of hostages into the Gaza Strip. The film was released on YouTube on 26 April 2024. Sandberg has described the film as the most important work of her life. In 2024, it was nominated in Israel for an Ophir Award for Best Short Documentary. The film has been criticized for its use of unreliable sources like the Screams Without Words article.

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  • Screams Before Silence - Wikipedia

    Screams Before Silence is a documentary film led by American businesswoman Sheryl Sandberg, that explores the sexual violence perperated by Hamas members

  • Screams Before Silence Film

    Despite the indisputable evidence, these atrocities have received little scrutiny from human rights groups and international organizations. Many leading figures in politics, academia, and media have attempted to minimize or even deny that they occurred. In Screams Before Silence, a 60-minute, presenter-led documentary film, Sheryl Sandberg, former COO of Meta and founder of LeanIn.org, interviews multiple eyewitnesses, released hostages, first responders, medical and forensic experts, and [...] Kastina Communications is one of Israel's leading production companies, and has produced over 300 documentary films and television shows. Its latest documentary series, The One, about the Israeli Air Force in the Yom Kippur War, premiered in September 2023 on Kan 11 and broke viewing records, both on TV and digitally. Additional successful shows include the first season of Fauda, a show conceived anddeveloped at Kastina; Bloody Murray, winner of the Best Comedy Award in the 2022 Series Mania TV [...] Sheryl Sandberg's new documentary: Hamas & sexual violenceSheryl Sandberg Is on a Mission to Make Sure Oct. 7 Horrors Aren’t ForgottenSheryl Sandberg Fronting Israeli Documentary About Sexual Atrocities Committed By Hamas On October 7“I remember when there were Holocaust deniers back in the 90s, Steven Spielberg did ‘Schindler’s List’ and put a dagger right through the lies of those Holocaust deniers. Well, Sheryl’s film does the same thing. To all those who said, ‘Oh no, it wasn’t terrible’

  • Sheryl Sandberg Behind Hamas October 7 Doc On Sexual Atrocities

    EXCLUSIVE: Sheryl Sandberg is fronting a documentary about sexual atrocities committed by Hamas on October 7. The former COO of Meta and founder of LeanIn.org is presenting Screams Before Silence from Israeli doc maker Kastina Communications, which will focus on “women and girls who were raped, assaulted, and mutilated in a brutal rampage of gender-based violence.” [...] an image, when javascript is unavailable ## Follow Us: ## site categories ### MFE Overhauls ProSiebenSat.1 Media Leadership Team With C-Suite Execs Out ## Breaking News # Sheryl Sandberg Fronting Israeli Documentary About Sexual Atrocities Committed By Hamas On October 7 By Max Goldbart ## Max Goldbart International TV Co-Editor #### More Stories By Max ## Services to share this page. Sheryl Sandberg in 'Screams Before Silence' [...] International distribution for Scream Before Silence is currently under discussion. It is being produced with funding from philanthropists Carol and Joey Low. Low, founder of Star Farm Ventures, and Meny Aviram, CEO of Kastina, approached Sandberg in December and production began almost immediately. Sandberg was Mark Zuckerberg’s long-time number two at Meta and stepped down two years ago. Last month, she left the company’s board.

  • Screams Before Silence (2024) - IMDb

    The documentary interviews survivors, first responders about the 2023 Hamas attack in Israel, highlighting reported sexual violence cases during the incident, presenting factual accounts wit... Read allThe documentary interviews survivors, first responders about the 2023 Hamas attack in Israel, highlighting reported sexual violence cases during the incident, presenting factual accounts without opinions.The documentary interviews survivors, first responders about the 2023 Hamas attack in Israel, [...] # Screams Before Silence Sheryl Sandberg in Screams Before Silence (2024) [...] ### Photos3 View Poster View Poster View Poster ### Top Cast24 Sheryl Sandberg Ruth Halperin-Kaddari ### User reviews136 ### Featured reviews ### Heartbreaking ### More like this

  • Sheryl Sandberg Screens & Discusses Documentary on Oct. 7 ...

    “What is at stake is actually important for all of humanity,” she said at a Nov. 19 film screening of her documentary, Screams Before Silence. The event was hosted by the Visiting Fellows in Israel Studies program, housed at the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law, and Hillel at Stanford. [...] “There is the obvious meaning, capturing the silence of death after the acts of violence. But there is also the silence of the international community, the complete shock experienced by Jewish communities all around the world, that on Oct. 8, some people denied this ever happened … After the screams, we experienced a moral silence, a moral eclipse. And then there is the silence of the invisible wounds, the broken minds, the broken souls, the broken families,” Magen said. [...] In the film, she spoke with Rami Davidson, who heroically saved over 100 lives at the Nova Music Festival. “He's just a hero,” Sandberg said about her interview with Davidson near the spot of the Nova festival. They stood close to the trees where he recalled seeing naked and mutilated bodies tied to them on Oct. 7.