While the Children Fade | Mental Health Documentary

A documentary about the complex and difficult topic of suicide, aiming to raise awareness and encourage conversations about mental health. If you or someone you know is struggling, please know that you are not alone. Help is available:

📞 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (U.S.): Call or text 988
📱 Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741 (U.S., UK, Canada)
🌍 Find help worldwide: findahelpline.com/

Your life matters. Reach out. There's always someone ready to listen.

00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:19 Cherish's Story
00:03:45 Cherish's Death (TRIGGER WARNING)
00:05:17 Kanasha / The Weight of Absence
00:06:47 Jamal's Final Days
00:07:30 Jamal's Video (TRIGGER WARNING)
00:09:17 Jamal's Death (TRIGGER WARNING)
00:09:48 Why?
00:12:03 Stigma
00:15:44 Identity and Crisis
00:17:27 Racism and Self-Worth
00:19:50 Facing Grief
00:23:36 Jamal's Legacy / Soul Survivors of Chicago
00:25:04 Strength in Unity

Produced by Rafiah Maxie-Cole
Filmed and Edited by Garret Morgan
Co-Produced by Keith Schnabel
Music by Patrick Booth

Sources:
Janelle R. Goodwill PhD, MSW
Neubauer Family Assistant Professor
Crown Family School of Social Work Policy and Practice

Sonya Richardson, Ph.D., M.S.W., L.C.S.W
Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, UNC Charlotte
Director, Race and Social Equity Academy
Director, Mental Health Practice and Research Lab

Arielle H. Sheftall, PhD
Associate Professor, University of Rochester Medical Center
Department of Psychiatry in Rochester, New York

Dr. Michael A. Lindsey, Ph.D, MSW MPH
Dean of the Silver School of Social Work, New York University

‘Black Youth Suicide Crisis: Prevalence Rates, Review of Risk and Protective Factors, and Current Evidence-Based Practices’ by Meza JI et al., 2022.”

‘Black Youth Suicide: Investigation of Current Trends and Precipitating Circumstances’ by Sheftall AH et al., 2022.

Aldrich, Michael, director. DOPE 107. 24 Apr. 1989. VHS, Michael Aldrich, Internet Archive, 24 July 20