broken silence race fear starring ariana richards william bumiller susan blakely tracy ellis ross teryl rothery scott vickaryous marissa rudiak ken camroux david neale bruce dawsondirector joseph scanlan screenplay sara charmo jean gennis phyllis murphybr br this another lifetime channel film made exclusively television released  directed longtime tv series director joseph l scanlan inspired true events lot like majority lifetime movies cautionary tale women raising awareness predator lurking within family a mother father wife husband mentor teacher case track coach young little known actress ariana richards she played small girl jurassic parkdelivers highly convincing performance high school track athlete mickey carlyle raped coach kurt ansom william bumiller must suffer silence one believes story except for course mother susan blakely together mother daughter fight put kurt ansom behind bars film drags quite bit ultimately predictable times far melodramatic sake drama itself genuinely powerful end ariana richards performance daytime soap kind strongest entire cast facial expressions body language overall acting realistic terms she aspiring athlete idolizes coach turn violated must live shame trauma further fight court william bumiller plays part nasty sort duplicity though far subtle abused star athletes before remained silent made top appears outwardly innocent william bumiller lesserknown actors like others never done role like believable strong performance overall especially disturbing see role sexy lead actor everything else including lesser known films soap opera guiding light real problem film manner film structured film opens watch coach ansom rape mickey letting us know right away guy good makes weak character development story first scene instead sequence opening credits see mickey runningjogging city across lake would better character development know coach ansom seemingly interested success star athlete really nasty piece work would seen mickey idolizing person thought knew received rude awakening realizes wrong him director joseph scanlan stranger drama tv knotts landing star trek quantum leap outer limits lois clark earth final conflict movies like la femme nikitta  scanlan directed another lifetime movie similar this stand fear  manages convey gravity event genuinely disturbed coach lurking around showers rapes student scenes graphic ought viewed mature audiences message clear sexual predators rapists always stranger assume different forms preying grounds even include high school film supports cause fighting prevent violence women urges women silent victims testify fight rapists cause harm others despite negative reviews film great job expressing message ought given mothers daughters high school students including male female bad rape is staying silent happens even worse