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FILMMAKING
"MORE THAN A TEST" DIR. BY SHELBY SMITH
Award-Winning Documentary Short | 24:07​​​
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"DAMNING...A SUMMARY OF YEARS-LONG SUFFERING."
-Indie Shorts Mag
SYNOPSIS
In this short documentary film, Unsilenced Movement founder Shelby Smith reveals the dark underbelly of voiding cystourethrograms (VCUGs), the "gold standard" test to diagnose vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) in pediatric patients. The VCUG test is performed on up to 1 million children every year while being falsely promoted as safe, low-risk and minimally invasive, despite decades of critically appraised research establishing this test as the "psychological equivalent" of child sexual abuse.
AWARDS
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Social Impact Award | Activists without Borders Film Festival
Best Long Documentary | Alternative Film Festival (AltFF)
Best Documentary Short | IndieX Film Fest
Best Editing | IndieX Film Fest
NOMINATIONS
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Best First-Time Female Director Nominee | IndieX Film Fest
Best Producer Nominee | IndieX Film Fest
Finalist | Independent Shorts Awards
Seasonal Nominee | Toronto Women's International Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
2025 Documentaries without Borders International Film Festival
2024 Women's International Film Festival
2024 Touchstone Independent Film Festival
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