Buddy Check for Jesse
This item is only available for Canadian orders.Catalogue Number: TMM000
Producer: Third Man Media
Subject: Documentary, Guidance, Health
Language: English
Grade Level: 6 - 8, 9 - 12, Post Secondary, Adult
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 2025
Running Time: 29:23
After losing his son Jesse to suicide at age 22, physician and hockey coach Stu Gershman begins speaking openly about mental health in an unlikely place - the locker room. The program's focus is getting kids to check in on themselves and on one another, to notice the signs of struggle, and to feel permission to speak up. The program has reached over 18,000 youth in Canada and counting.
- Best Documentary, Lenses at the Vancouver Independent Film Festival
- Best Documentary, Stratford Winter Film Festival
- Best Social Justice Documentary, Winnipeg Real to Reel Film Festival
- Best Cinematography, Saskatchewan International Film Festival
- Audience Choice, Central Alberta Film Festival
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