Painful Secrets
May 30 2000
•2h 34m
•Drama, TV Movie
Dawn isn't like other kids her age full of typical teenage angst about boys, school and parents. Her pain goes far deeper, and to deal with her emotional overload she physically cuts herself. The problem of adolescent girls committing self-mutilation is very real, and this movie exposes the growing epidemic. It's a film you can't afford to miss.
Cast
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Kimberlee Peterson
Dawn Cottrell

Sean Young
Joyce Cottrell

Robert Wisden
Russell Cottrell

Taylor Stanley
Lorraine Rafeedie
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