About A Teen Suicide Epidemic That Claims 22 Lives A Year | For Walter And Josiah
The Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana is shaken to its core by a teen suicide epidemic that claims 22 Native lives in a single year – including two high school basketball team members. ‘For Walter And Josiah’ follows the team during their season as the surviving members play to honour their fallen brothers and uplift their community. Documentary Central is the home for compelling documentaries tackling subjects like history, climate change, wildlife, conspiracy and more.
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As a society documentary, A Teen Suicide Epidemic That Claims 22 Lives A Year | For Walter And Josiah uses suicide, epidemic, claims as its central frame. Social documentaries work best as invitations to examine systems through lived experience. Distinguish individual testimony from wider claims, and consider which institutions, incentives and inequalities shape the choices shown.
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- Title
- A Teen Suicide Epidemic That Claims 22 Lives A Year | For Walter And Josiah
- Category
- Society
- Runtime
- 78 minutes
- Language
- English
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- Documentary Central
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