A journey back / produced and directed by Louise M. Gallup.

Format:

Video

Author/Creator:

Gallup-Roholt, Louise M.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Families.

Suicide.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (24 min.).

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 1991.

Language Note:

In English.

Original language in English.

Summary:

When a parent commits suicide, he or she leaves behind a wake of pain and guilt for children and spouse. It may take years for the survivors to resolve their feelings; some never do. Louise Gallup, who made this film, was nine years old when her father shot himself. She and her brothers and sisters grew into productive human beings, upstanding members of the community. But they never spoke of the personal tragedy that engulfed their family. A Journey Back is a moving account of her coming to terms, fifteen years later, with her father s suicide. Despite the family s initial reluctance to talk about their traumatic experience, it is evident that the process of opening up communication has helped all of them.

Notes:

Originally released as DVD.

Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011).

International Visual Anthropology Festival, 1995

American Psychological Association, 1991

First Place, Gold Award, John Muir Medical Film Festival, 1990

Judge's Award, Sinking Creek Film and Video Festival, 1989

Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Regional Award, 1989

OCLC:

747797702