What the Mental Health Community is saying...
"A powerful film."
First Lady Rosalynn Carter
"Understanding another's pain is not an easy thing to do. jumping off bridges is the story of the process of healing – in the family and between friends."
Janice MacDonald
Director of Professional Services & Special Projects
American Counseling Association
"jumping off bridges is a beautiful film about hurt and hope in teens and families. It felt real and was deeply touching."
John Sargent, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Ben Taub Hospital
"I think the film does a tremendous job of portraying how a parent's mental illness affects the entire family. Viewers in general can witness the ripple effects of trauma and depression. What Storie Productions has created is an honest look into what families look like in grief. Including the rather uncomfortable moments of rage, distrust and longing. Great job!"
J. Gracie Allen
National Alliance on Mental Illness, Nashville, TN
"Wonderful. It captured how painful and isolating losing a loved one can be."
Lidia S. Bernik, M.H.S.
Program Coordinator
Suicide Prevention Action Network USA
"Sad, genuine and beautiful. The issues surrounding grief, guilt, depression and sadness are uneasy and beautifully rendered in your story and your actors' performances."
Lisa Sargese, M.T.S.
Adjunct Professor, Dept of Philosophy & Religion
Counseling & Human Services
Montclair State University
"Wow, what a movie. Absolutely must be seen, by survivors and not alike. A very gripping powerful film."
Lin Ortwein MSW
Suicide Bereavement Support, Portland, OR
"This film captured the gritty realities of suicide and did it in a way that neither glorifies nor trivializes it. It was an essential component of our Suicide Awareness Week campaign. Our students connected with it and thought highly of it".
Lee Keyes, Ph.D.
Counseling Center, University of Alabama
Our Partners
National
American Counseling Association
Campus Blues
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Mental Health
SIMS Foundation
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services U.S., Army of Surgeon General,
Emergency Crisis Deployment
Regional
211 Big Bend, Tallahassee
Agora Crisis Center, Albuquerque
Austin/Travis County Suicide Prevention Coalition
Austin Independent School District
Bexar Suicide Prevention Coalition, San Antonio
The Carter Center, Atlanta
Didi Hirsch Community Mental Health Center, LA
Feeling Blue Suicide Prevention Coalition
Fort Bend Independent School District
Guadalupe Valley Christian Counseling Center
Heather Hayes, Author of "Surviving Suicide"
Houston/Harris County Suicide Prevention Coalition
Mental Health Association of the Heartland
Mental Health of America Texas, Austin
Montclair State University
NAMI Nashville
Regis University
Utah State University
