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Community Screening in Lancaster CA

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 [...]

By |2023-09-12T12:22:47-07:00August 31st, 2023|Latest News|Comments Off on Community Screening in Lancaster CA

Lisa Klein Essay for Mindsite News

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 [...]

By |2023-06-01T10:38:16-07:00May 31st, 2023|Latest News|Comments Off on Lisa Klein Essay for Mindsite News

Leah Harris in Passengers Journal

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 [...]

By |2023-03-21T10:29:54-07:00March 21st, 2023|Latest News|Comments Off on Leah Harris in Passengers Journal

Carson High School Screening

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, [...]

By |2022-10-05T15:15:42-07:00October 5th, 2022|Latest News|Comments Off on Carson High School Screening

Understand Suicide Podcast Interview

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 [...]

By |2022-09-29T14:34:07-07:00September 29th, 2022|Latest News|Comments Off on Understand Suicide Podcast Interview

Socially Relevant Filmmaking Interview

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 [...]

By |2022-05-19T10:54:40-07:00May 18th, 2022|Latest News|Comments Off on Socially Relevant Filmmaking Interview

My Mother’s Ghostbuster Boyfriend on Slate

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 [...]

By |2022-05-17T13:14:22-07:00April 28th, 2022|Latest News|Comments Off on My Mother’s Ghostbuster Boyfriend on Slate

The Art of Documentary Film Creation

MadPix Films co-founders Lisa Klein and Doug Blush have partnered with the Port Townsend Film Festival to offer The Art of Documentary Film Creation. The online documentary filmmaking seminar will be taught by Lisa and Doug who are PTFF’s 2021 Filmmakers-in-Residence (remotely, this year!). The goal of the nine-week class is to give students a [...]

By |2021-05-19T16:37:34-07:00May 18th, 2021|Latest News|Comments Off on The Art of Documentary Film Creation

My Experience Making The S Word

Thank you to Kelechi Ubozoh, who is featured in The S Word, for allowing us to share her blog post entitled Behind The Documentary. Kelechi posted this piece on the release of The S Word on Prime Video.  Kelechi is a Mental Health Consultant, Writer and Public Speaker.  For more information, visit her website. Here's [...]

By |2020-12-21T11:46:58-08:00December 21st, 2020|Latest News|Comments Off on My Experience Making The S Word
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