Silencing Mary is a 1998 American television film directed by Craig R. Baxley and written by Steve Johnson. It stars Melissa Joan Hart as a college newspaper reporter determined to get justice after her best friend is raped by one of the school's star athletes. The film was produced by Hartbreak Films and Viacom Productions and filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It aired on NBC in the United States on March 8, 1998.