Before It's Too Late - Teenage Suicide (Captioned) | Lynn Hamrick | 1985 | ACMI collection

This important film can be used to teach students how to spot suicidal behaviour in their friends and it impresses upon them that they can actually save a life by being a supportive friend.

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Credits

director

Lynn Hamrick

producer

Nancy Israel

Duration

00:20:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1985

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

323978

Language

English

Subject categories

Childrens Films

Childrens Films → Children 12+

Closed captioning

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Adolescence

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Adolescence

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Suicide

Sound/audio

Captioned

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Before It's Too Late - Teenage Suicide (Captioned)

Australia, 1985

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