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| "To weep is to make less the depth of grief" -- William Shakespeare |
| Show Description | Transcript | Order Videotape Teens Writing About Death | Great Reads and Moving Movies Harlem Writers Crew: Artwork and Photography How To Start A Journal |
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| Dealing With Death
"Dealing With Death" was funded by the Open Society Institute's Youth Media Program and the Project on Death in America. The program is regularly re-broadcast on PBS affiliates across the country. Please check our schedule and station list for airtimes.
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Let's face it: death is part of life. It seems that way now more than ever, doesn't it? We're constantly surrounded by death in the news, on television, in films and music...not to mention in our own lives. Yet it's a totally taboo subject in most families, schools, and communities. When we lose a loved one-- whether to illness, suicide, or violence-- most of us are left to face our pain alone.
In this episode, In the Mix breaks the silence and encourages young people to frankly discuss their thoughts and experiences surrounding the issue. We meet teens who are confronting death head-on in a variety of ways. The point? That it's more than okay to think about, talk about, and express yourself about death. Actually, it's essential. 
Teens participating in a New York City video production programs interview friends and one another to create their own documentaries about grief, death, and new ways to look at life. Leah and Julia published their personal essays and poems about death in the Urban Health Chronicles, a teen newsletter. Michael and Reynold, who are members of the Harlem Writer's Crew program, use art, photography, and writing to explore their feelings about gun violence and death in their neighborhood.
College student Laura has been living with cystic fibrosis since birth. She talks about how her terminal illness affects how she and her friends view death. Finally, young people struggling with the loss of someone they love find help through bereavement support groups.