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Walkabout Voices

Category: Mental Health

  • Young and Vulnerable: Part 1

    Faith is 17 and lives in a small town in North Carolina, USA. As many teenagers she is vulnerable, and depression and self-harm have been a part of her life for many years. In this film she talks about her life, friendship, interests and what makes her happy or sad. She also reveals her future…

  • Young and Vulnerable: Part 2

    Morgan is 16 and Faith’s friend. She has been struggling with mental issues for many years. She has tried to commit suicide several times and she has been hospitalised after a nervous breakdown. In this film she talks about her ups and downs and why she has had so few friends in her life. Length: 13:15.

  • All You Want to do is be Yourself: Part 1

    Everybody hurts sometimes, and some people more than others. Hayli is seventeen and has struggled most of her life. She was abused by her father and her mother was incapable of taking care of her due to drug abuse. She has been in and out of serious periods of depression and has a history of…

  • Young Newcastle: Part 1

    Sam and Abby are chilling in a park in Newcastle on a Sunday morning. We wanted to know what it was like to be young in Newcastle. Watch the film and hear what they had to say. Length: 07:44.

  • All You Want to do is Be Yourself: Part 2

    Hayli’s mother, Shannon, explains how she became a drug addict after growing up with abuse and drugs and what it took for her to quit using heroin. After years and years of using, it was Hayli who made her realise it couldn’t go on anymore. Hayli told her mother she wouldn’t see her anymore unless…

  • Amy´s Yard: Part 1 – Meeting the Founder

    Amy Winehouse was a young, incredibly talented artist from North London who became a star and took the world by storm. The world was therefore shocked when she died in 2011, only 27 years old. A vulnerable and delicate young woman had succumbed to alcohol and drugs. Two months after she passed away, her family…

  • Kidscape – Fighting Bullying: Part 2

    Claude knows a lot about bullying. Through her organisation, Kidscape, she is helping victims of bullying and spreading awareness about this widespread problem. Did you know that girls bully in a different way to boys? Watch, learn and take a stand against hurting your peers. Length: 11:33.

  • Kidscape – Fighting Bullying: Part 1

        Claude knows a lot about bullying. Through her organisation, Kidscape, she is helping victims of bullying and spreading awareness about this widespread problem. She talks about bullying and cyber bullying and the effect it has on the victims. Watch, learn and take a stand against hurting your peers. Length: 11:50.

  • We Don´t Live in Teepees: Part 1

    Danica and Joyce are two young girls who live in Québec, the French-speaking part of Canada. They are both First Nation, and in Part 1, they talk about their background and why they want to learn their native language and more about their own culture. Length: 10:28.

  • We Don´t Live in Teepees: Part 2

    In Part 2, Danica and Joyce talk about hopes for the future, but also about being different, boarding schools, depression, alcohol in native communities and the high suicide rate among First Nation youth. Length: 15:11.