Silent Cry is the story of K'wan Taylor, the w 14-year-old son of Syreeta and Randall Taylor from Beneath the Bruises, who withstood his father's sporadic outbursts and berating tirades by wishing, praying and hoping his father would disappear. K'wan spent most of his young life believing he had to protect his mother, but t kwing how. K'wan makes his way to a residential treatment facility for adolescent males, where he begins, slowly, to heal his wounds. Silent Cry is a thoughtful look at how children, particularly boys, are shaped by domestic violence.