“Do You Want to Talk?”
This documentary focuses on building Mental Health awareness by showcasing statistics on negative mental health among Vermont teenagers. How do young adults, teenagers, and children cope with mental health in private? Showing viewers that although they may experience these feelings without sharing them, they are not alone in their experiences. When individuals know that they are not alone, conversations and productive dialogue are more likely to occur. My goal is to make discussing Mental Health more common through the sharing of stories.
Filmmaker: Anna Isselhardt – 12th Grade; Peoples Academy (Morristown, Vermont)
Published June 2023
Produced by What’s the Story? The Young Filmmakers’ Social Action Team
Supported and funded by Middlebury Bread Loaf School of English
with Additional Support from The Kathryn Wasserman Davis Collaborative in Conflict Transformation and
the SNAVE Foundation