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The majority of the Chinese-speaking cast we auditioned were very concerned that participating in Unsilenced would hinder their career development in China. Several key cast members backed out even after signing the agreement. This deeply-felt fear of future consequences—for merely being associated with the film-—meant that we constantly had to scramble to find new locations and talent while shooting. For about two months during production, key creatives had only one day off as we did everything we could to keep the production moving forward.