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    Sedona Film Fest presents ‘The Silent Twins’ premiere Oct. 21-27

    Astounding true story based on the best-selling book debuts at the Fisher Theatre
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    “The Silent Twins” is the astounding true story of twin sisters who only communicated with one another. As a result, they created a rich, fascinating world to escape the reality of their own lives. Based on the best-selling book “The Silent Twins”, the film stars Letitia Wright and Tamara Lawrance.
    “The Silent Twins” is the astounding true story of twin sisters who only communicated with one another. As a result, they created a rich, fascinating world to escape the reality of their own lives. Based on the best-selling book “The Silent Twins”, the film stars Letitia Wright and Tamara Lawrance.
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    Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “The Silent Twins” showing Oct. 21-Oct. 27 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.

    “The Silent Twins” is the astounding true story of twin sisters who only communicated with one another. As a result, they created a rich, fascinating world to escape the reality of their own lives. Based on the best-selling book “The Silent Twins”, the film stars Letitia Wright and Tamara Lawrance.
    “The Silent Twins” is the astounding true story of twin sisters who only communicated with one another. As a result, they created a rich, fascinating world to escape the reality of their own lives. Based on the best-selling book “The Silent Twins”, the film stars Letitia Wright and Tamara Lawrance.

    “The Silent Twins” is the astounding true story of twin sisters who only communicated with one another. As a result, they created a rich, fascinating world to escape the reality of their own lives. Based on the best-selling book “The Silent Twins”, the film stars Letitia Wright and Tamara Lawrance.

    June and Jennifer Gibbons were not always silent. Born in 1963, their early childhood involved following wherever the RAF work of their father took them, before the family settled in Haverfordwest, a town in Pembrokeshire, Wales. School life was not easy for the only West Indian kids in the area; the twins suffered much bullying for looking and acting differently to those around them. At home the pair had always been somewhat withdrawn from their siblings and parents, but increasingly these behaviors became more extreme and isolating.

    The girls were unpredictable. They would attend class by walking in synchronization, mirroring each other’s steps, coming to a silent stop with no explanation. By the age of eight, the twins had stopped communicating with the outside world.

    Cocooned in the relative safety of their bedroom, June and Jennifer invited the creative world in. They made their own dolls and stuffed toys, which became characters in elaborate plays that they wrote together. They broadcast a radio show to themselves, which they called Radio Gibbons: The Living Facts of Life.

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    Institutionalized as 19 year-olds, familiar patterns emerged as June and Jennifer went quiet once more. The twins began serving an indefinite sentence inside Broadmoor high-security psychiatric hospital, a place normally reserved for serial killers and violent offenders. They were among the youngest patients ever admitted.

    Now, their powerful story hits the big screen for the first time.

    “The Silent Twins” will be shown at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre Oct. 21-27. Showtimes will be 4 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 21 and 22; and 7 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 24, 26 and 27.

    Tickets are $12, or $9 for Film Festival members. For tickets and more information, please call 928-282-1177. Both the theatre and film festival office are located at 2030 W. Hwy. 89A, in West Sedona. For more information, visit: www.SedonaFilmFestival.org.

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