In a military tent on the shore of a country that is winding down a multi-year war, a Mother processes returning soldiers for the homeland and a Son returns from combat. Over the course of one night, they must navigate a state-mediated language, communicating to each other what they’ve witnessed through the years as the war has raged on and a dictator has come to power. 9 Kinds of Silence considers sound and silence as means of control, subjugation, and protest.