Open Secret The Film's Fundraiser
Fund a film's completion - save a child
A community rising up to confront corrupt systems that allowed predators to roam their schools
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GEORGE CLOONEY’S LATEST DOCUMENTARY:
“SURVIVING OHIO STATE”
NOW PLAYING ON HBO - Highly Recommend
SIX YEARS IN THE MAKING…
About the Sexual Abuse Athletes Endured at OSU …
…Covered Up For Decades
Sound Familiar?
SEXUAL ABUSE IN SCHOOLS IS A NATIONAL CRISIS
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Dear Friends, Supporters, and Believers,
This week HBO released “Surviving Ohio State,” a powerful documentary produced by George Clooney—six years in the making.
Six years of survivors holding their breath. Six years of building trust, gathering testimony, confronting institutions, refusing to quit. Last night, I watched it too—teary eyed with a lump in my throat. Because perhaps more than most, I know this journey.
What struck me—beyond the immediate tragedy—was just how hard it is to get these stories told. It took George Clooney, 24 producers, and the full force of HBO to bring this predator’s story to the screen.
We don't have any of those elements
But what we do have, is YOU - together we've come this far.
We are in our fifth year of documenting Open Secret. We’ve been carrying a story much larger than the one I had anticipated at the start. Similar to Surviving Ohio State, our film doesn’t just reveal what happened to the survivors—it exposes how predators operate for decades, the key role enablers play, and how easily it could have been stopped had the right people been in key positions.
The main difference between our films, is that Surviving Ohio State focuses on a single predator. Ours show multiple offenders protected over children, and we expose the systemic failure that allowed children to suffer—one rooted in fear, silence, unchecked power, betrayed by countless enablers.
🚀 Our thanks go out to you—for your donations, your belief, your unwavering support—we’re almost there.
🚀 We’ve completed filming. We’ve begun editing. And we are sprinting toward the finish line.
Let me say this plainly:
🚀 If we raise these final funds, Open Secret will be released this year.
Survivors and families have entrusted us with their stories. They’ve waited long enough. And in this moment, we have a rare opportunity: to step into the momentum this subject is finally gaining, to add our voice to the national reckoning in support of child safety in our schools.
Institutions are still hiring lawyers. Still searching for loopholes to evade accountability. But survivors are stepping forward. Statutes of limitations are shifting. The tide is turning. We must keep the pressure on.
This film is very personal to me. Not because I was abused in school—I wasn’t—but because I believe deeply that we don’t need to be harmed directly. If something is wrong, we can always ask: Can I help make this right?
So today, we ask you again—because it’s necessary:
✅ Share our fundraiser
✅ Donate OR Invest and own a piece of the film (entry point is just $100)
✅ Forward this to one person you know has the courage to join us!
In the coming weeks, we’ll share a new teaser, powerful updates, and more ways you can help bring Open Secret to screens across the country—and into the hearts of people who need it most.
From the bottom of my heart: thank you for walking beside us. If asking for support ever seems easy—it’s not. But looking back… we’ve climbed Everest together.
Let’s finish what we started - and champion children.
Bring Open Secret into the light.
With gratitude,
Kerry & the entire Open Secret Cast and Crew
Open Secret should belong to all of us ….
"Open Secret" is not a film about victims and trauma. While these facts can’t be denied, it’s ultimately a powerful film about courage and a community rising up against a corrupt, cover-up culture. Citizens uniting across platforms, to protect the most vulnerable among us, all too often unable to speak up for themselves.” Kerry David, Filmmaker, Open Secret
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Thank you for being an integral part of our journey. Your participation has brought us that vital step closer to screening "Open Secret" for audiences across the U.S. this summer.
Our goal is to share a story of courage and tenacity, while simultaneously equipping families and faculty with the tools and information needed to keep their children SAFE from predators in schools.
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Protecting even ONE child is worth a lifelong fight for change.
Below's clip from Open Secret is attorney, Faith Fox of the Cochran Law Offices in Charlotte, (herself a mother), who was staggered by the solution New Hanover County Schools introduced after her client's allegations were corroborated.
WHO ARE WE?
We are a small team of dedicated filmmakers from around the United States. We were invited into New Hanover County by local residents to investigate allegations of corruption and intimidation that date back decades, leaving families traumatized.
WHO ARE WE?
Film has the power to change the world. Meet some of New Hanover County's courageous residents, elected officials, teachers, parents, journalists and historians along with global experts who contributed to our film’s narrative, as they relay their own stories and try to make sense of what happened.
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WHO IS JOINING OUR IMPRESSIVE CAST OF CONTRIBUTORS?
ATTORNEY, RAY BOUCHER
PULITZER PRIZE WINNING AUTHOR & JOURNALIST,
DAVID ZUCCHINO - "WILMINGTON'S LIE"
A note from our Director:
First of all, thank you so much for considering donating to our film, Open Secret.
I started filming Open Secret five years ago with a small crew of passionate filmmakers. What we uncovered fundamentally changed the way we view our educational institutions and forced us to reevaluate the implicit trust we place in those who work in them. Especially those charged with protecting children. We believe it will force you to question yours too.
We follow a handful of New Hanover County residents who unite to challenge generational, powerful, yet corrupt systems, and reveal those who enabled multiple predators to permeate their school district for generations. It's an inspirational journey of courage - and a community rising.
Open Secret reveals how corruption bleeds from one entity to another until the entire system is broken - and how self-preservation and fear keeps EVERYONE quiet while children suffer. But what if there was a road map back to safe learning environments for children? We can provide one.
What we expose in Open Secret WILL prevent predators from walking the halls of schools and save a child from abuse.
With you on our team - we'll be able to bring this film to audiences this summer.
This is their story.
Thank you for your time and consideration in donating to our film.
Kerry David, Filmmaker
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