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"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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