Stories of Strength and Hope: Preventing Youth Suicide

Stories of Strength and Hope: Preventing Youth Suicide is a 2018 American short documentary film by narrative/documentary filmmaker Max Hechtman. It presents an up-to-date look at youth suicide and mental health.

Stories of Strength and Hope: Preventing Youth Suicide
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Directed byMax Hechtman
Produced byMax Hechtman
StarringJohn Halligan
Harold Koplewicz
Heather Cleary
Meryl Cassidy
Music byBorrtex
CinematographyMax Hechtman
Edited byMax Hechtman
Production
company
Max Hechtman Films
Release date
Running time
12 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Areas of the subject matter explored in this documentary include an examination of the warning signs, current statistics and causes of suicide, and provides information to parents and teachers to help children and teens overcome their struggles with suicidal thoughts/feelings and depression. It also features on-screen interviews with Meryl Cassidy, founder/director of the Suffolk Country Crisis Response Center, Dr. Harold S. Koplewicz of the Child Mind Institute and suicide/bullying prevention advocate John Halligan, whose lost his son, Ryan Halligan, to suicide in 2003.[1][2]

Another section of the film looks at the media and its current handling of suicide and mental health, using the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why and the broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen as examples.

The film premiered in Los Angeles at the 2018 Awareness Film Festival, followed by screenings at the 2018 Chelsea Film Festival in New York City and the 2019 Long Island International Film Expo[3], where it won the Best Documentary award.[4][5]

References
  1. Stieglitz, Brian. "E.M. filmmaker tackles youth suicide in his next documentary | Herald Community Newspapers". liherald.com. Archived from the original on October 9, 2018. Retrieved October 26, 2019.
  2. "School Assemblies | Ryan's Story Presentation". Ryan’s Story.
  3. Press, Long Island (July 8, 2019). "Long Island International Film Expo Returns to Bellmore".
  4. Stieglitz, Brian (July 18, 2019). "E.M. filmmaker tackles youth suicide in his next documentary | Herald Community Newspapers". liherald.com. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
  5. "YOUTH SUICIDE FILM WINS BEST DOCUMENTARY AWARD". NewsInEntertainment.
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