SUICIDE
PREVENTION
ASSOCIATIONS
WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE?
“Death be not proud” is a 15 minute film about Chris, a “very successful” man about to kill himself and the monologue he has to justify this act. In the end this same monologue will save him.
Through our Non Profit Organization, Human X, that specializes in creating Intellectual Property to raise funds and create awareness, our film will be shared globally in a coordinated effort to make people talk about suicide.
The movie will have A list actors sensitive to the matter to maximize buzz and interest in it.
All the profits we generate through donations will be given to suicide prevention organizations around the world. There’s no hidden agenda, no catch, no fine print, no… nothing.
There’s just our strong desire to make a difference in the matter.
LET’S TALK ABOUT IT.
When we go to the movies, the best part often is having a chat about them afterwards. “Hey, did you see when this happened?”, “Wasn’t this moment amazing?”
It’s no secret that mental health struggles often go unseen, and specially, unspoken for.
Our goal s a simple “Hey, have you ever thought about it?”
Let’s talk about it.
It could be all someone needs to start their path towards healing. This whole thing is just an excuse for people to simply talk about it. A starting point to have a conversation.
Why we need you?
We can only start the conversation, but we have no way to finish it. Even at our best, all we can do is make people look into the matter, but that’s pointless without someone leading the way. We need NGOs like yours to provide counseling and advice that we’d epically fail to provide ourselves.
Our goal is to have as many organizations around the globe as possible to join our cause, so we can defer to them when people start watching our film.
Truth is that making a movie like this without a clear path to help afterwards is completely pointless. We are the excuse, but you are the main event and the only reason this would work.
SO WHAT’S THIS MOVIE ABOUT… AGAIN?
Adrian, our director, says it best:
They say we become adults the day we understand we’re going to die. I became an adult way too young, and the idea that one day will be my last is always in the back of my mind.
So when I wrote this, I wanted to explore the concept of those last moments we’re all going to face, and I thought suicide is such an unnatural way of dying… We’re designed to survive, so a lot has to go terribly wrong to go for it. I thought it’d be interesting to have a character at profound odds with himself and literally lay out that inner monologue with different personas.
Chris, our lead character, literally battles with himself over his worth, his purpose in life and what has it all meant. It’s the ultimate struggle of the daily struggle we all have everyday. Why am I here? What was it all for? Will I be forgiven?
I think showing a guy having one last conversation with himself is a powerful, beautiful concept. Specially since men often have no one else but themselves to have these conversations with.