We’ve been fortunate to have a great partnership with Good Docs, allowing our film to reach a wide and diverse audience over the years. The feedback from screenings across the United States and internationally continues to inspire us. Amy Chandler who is a professor of the sociology of health and illness at the University of Edinburgh, [...]
Northeast Ohio Medical University screened THE S WORD during their Campus Safety and Suicide Prevention Symposium: Cultivating Caring Campuses. Director Lisa Klein had the honor of moderating the panel discussion that followed the screening. The film and discussion were open to students, staff, faculty, and community organizations not attending the full-day symposium. About OPCSMH: "Our [...]
In support of National Suicide Prevention Month, there was a free community screening of THE S WORD presented by The Erick A Garcia You Are Enough Foundation at City of Hope in Lancaster, California on Saturday, September 9th. Director Lisa Klein, Jean Toh from the film and a panel of local mental health professionals conducted [...]
THE S WORD director, Lisa Klein, recently wrote an essay for Mindsite News about her mother, Jackie Klein, who was a journalist for more than 50 years in Southfield, Michigan. Jackie was “the voice of Southfield.” As we close out Mental Health Awareness Month, this story is a reflection on the ambiguities of love and [...]
Leah Harris, who was highlighted in THE S WORD, is featured in this month's Passengers Journal with her story "Built to Last." Passengers Journal is an online and fully-voiced literary and visual arts publication that seeks artists whose work challenges and perhaps offends the norms of our structurally oppressive society. Below is the introduction and [...]
Lisa Klein, director of THE S WORD, had the pleasure of speaking to the Carson High School Performing and Media Arts students recently. Lisa spoke about THE S WORD, the inspiration behind making the film and what she hoped to achieve with its release. Additionally, Lisa shared what it's like to be a film director, [...]
THE S WORD director, Lisa Klein, was interviewed by Paula Fontenelle for her podcast Understand Suicide. Paula Fontenelle was a noted journalist, a published author, and public relations professional working with high profile politicians and organizations across Brazil when her father took his life in 2005. As a former journalist, her first instinct on the path [...]
Lisa Klein and Doug Blush recently did an interview at KUCI Irvine. Isha Gupta is the host of Being Aware with Isha on Air, a Public Affairs Show that broadcasts weekly on KUCI 88.9 FM Irvine (the University of California, Irvine's radio station). The show spreads awareness on a variety of societal concerns and features [...]
THE S WORD director, Lisa Klein, wrote an article for State of Mind on Slate.com recently. State of Mind is a partnership of Slate and Arizona State University that offers a practical look at our mental health system—and how to make it better. My Mother's Ghostbuster Boyfriend: Haunted by three suicides and an overdose, my [...]
We're excited to share that THE S WORD is now streaming for free on the Documentary+ platform. We are grateful to our friends at Documentary+ for the great venue to continue showing the powerful stories of those who've dealt with suicide and so many who can now tell their paths of survival and triumph. [...]
