The Bridge (2006) Eric Steel : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive – link to video
- Each student will be responsible for watching the film “The Bridge” documentary on youtube or another technological medium and complete a writing assignment during the course. The Bridge focuses on the large number of suicides that occur each year at the Golden Gate Bridge, capturing footage of the suicides and interviewing family members. Also interviewed are people who have attempted suicide at the bridge, witnesses of the suicides and a jump survivor. The questions below are derived from this film.
Please answer all of these questions thoroughly after reviewing the movie and submit it a 3 pages of complete written work.
1. Why do you think people are drawn to the Golden Gate Bridge to take their lives?
2. What did you learn about suicide and/or those who attempt or commit suicide after viewing this documentary? What preventative measures could be taken to help those who are suicidal?
3. The film follows stories of many individuals. Which story impacted you the most and why?
4. What message does the film have for those who may want to commit suicide? Their friends or family members? Mental health professionals? Society at – large?