Coping After Suicide | Talking OutLOUD: Teens & Suicide Loss, A Conversation

Talking OutLOUD
Teens & Suicide Loss: A Conversation

Official Trailer

Nearly a million teenagers lose someone to suicide every year. Until now, there's been nothing for them in the voices of their peers. And while significant attention has been paid to the critical issue of teen suicide, the experience of teens left behind after a suicide is rarely discussed. Our award-winning documentary, Talking OutLOUD: Teens & Suicide Loss, A Conversation, has changed that.

"I think this film will help a lot of people. I know if I had been able to watch something like this — to see how my experience related to other kids my age and see them openly talking about it — it would have really helped me to feel less alone." (Mae, 16)

This landmark film features five members of Coping After Suicide's Teens Group who, with parents and family members watching, share their deeply personal yet universal experiences:

Whether talking about it helps
What their parents have gotten right (and wrong)
How the suicide affected their family
What they would tell a friend who just lost someone

When their family members join the conversation, they open up about how lost they’ve felt as they try to support their teen. We discover they heard things they’d never heard before and how reassured they feel by their teens’ wisdom and resilience.

What people are saying about Talking OutLOUD:

“A film that everyone should see”

“Inspirational, moving, heartwarming”

“I am thankful that this exists in the world”

“This film opened my eyes to an issue I'd never thought about before”

“Powerful, candid, beautiful, sad but also uplifting...so well done”

Winning Best Of The Fest at the

Chain NYC Film Festival

Talking OutLOUD was created in collaboration with Rethink The Conversation and helmed by award-winning director Geoffrey Cantor. Available free of charge in 60, 30, & 15-minute versions on YouTube and Vimeo.