Daughter of Suicide

I was 18 years old when my mother killed herself and changed my life forever. Her death, and my struggle to conquer the effects of her suicide, has informed the fabric of my life - how I see, how I behave, and most importantly, how I feel. I fight the depression that is her legacy to me, commune with others who have suffered the suicide of an important person in their lives, and look for a resolution that I may never find.

Daughter of Suicide follows me on a journey to get to know my mother and to understand her death. Throughout the film, I am driven by the desire to find closure and to learn to see her suicide as a source of power in my life rather than a monkey on my back. Shot on a combination of digital video, 16mm and Super 8 film, Daughter of Suicide tells my mother's story - and my own - through interviews, cinema verité footage and imagery that explores the thoughts, feelings, emotions and memories associated with her life and her death.

Category:

Film & Animation

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• Daughter of Suicide
• suicide
• Dempsey Rice
• Dempsy Rice
• HBO
• documentary
• documentary film
• HBO documentary
• documentaries
• HBO documentaries
• prevention
• surviving

[DaughterOneDocs]

Thank you for writing! You can order a copy of Daughter of Suicide on my web site!

[elbarama]

Thanks for the documentary I saw it back when it aired on HBO and it has given me more than you will ever know. I wish I could watch it one more time, but I can't seem to find it anywhere. Some things are so similar in my life of that of your mom, especially the whole child custody, alienation thing and I wept for your mom, I could relate to some of what she was going through. Anyway, looks like you & y'alls family have dealt really well with the passing of your mom which is very encouraging.

[firelilly08]

this is terribly sad i am so sorry