Wake up /
After losing a close friend to suicide, a group of college students from the University of Missouri was determined to enact positive change. They quickly formed a nonprofit awareness raising collective movement: Wake Up. Their educational initiatives help shift the cultural stigma surrounding mental...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English. |
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Sausalito, CA :
Ro*Co Films,
2020.
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | After losing a close friend to suicide, a group of college students from the University of Missouri was determined to enact positive change. They quickly formed a nonprofit awareness raising collective movement: Wake Up. Their educational initiatives help shift the cultural stigma surrounding mental illness, depression and suicide. The film focuses on four different groups, telling the stories of suicide -- American veterans, members of the LGBT community, university students, and gun owners, weaving the experiences of the frontlines heroes together. Wake Up confronts the tragedy with a call for action: a dialogue and legislative change to begin the process of improving the world. |
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| Item Description: | Title from title screen (viewed November 29, 2021). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (88 minutes) |
| Playing Time: | 01:27:55 |
| Production Credits: | Cinematographer, Kyle Krupinski ; editor, Chris Jones. |