An Open Secret

Nov 14, 2014

1h 39m

★ 6.9

Be courageous. Report it. Life gets better.

Overview

An investigation into accusations of teenagers being sexually abused within the film industry.

Genres

Documentary

Crime

Production Companies

Disarming Films

Esponda Productions

An Open Secret Trailers

Cast

Self

Evan Henzi

Self

Michael Egan III

Self - Actor, Diff'rent Strokes

Todd Bridges

Self

Joey Coleman

Self

Nicholas Stojanovich

Self - Child Talent Manager

Michael Harrah

Self - Investigative Journalist

John Connolly

Self - Co-Founder, BizParentz

Anne Henry

Self - Professor, Occidental College

Caroline Heldman

Self - Author, Perv: The Sexual Deviant In All of Us

Jesse Bering

Self - Former Los Angeles Times reporter

Dawn Chmielewski

Self - Prosecutor, Marty Weiss case

Michelle Pincus

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