Shatter the Silence

Comment by Ken Hendricks on December 29, 2010 at 6:25pm

Hey Chris,

I know you put a lot of work into this and it definitely shows. It's very powerful. Nicely shot and edited. Great work!

Comment by Chris Nicholson on December 29, 2010 at 6:47pm

Thanks Ken for the kind words.  Thanks also to Alan O'Connor who directed this piece.  He's an amazing director with great vision and ideas. 

Comment by Michael F.Ryan on January 5, 2011 at 10:19pm

Thanks for the posting.  Very powerful and poignant stuff.  Nicely photogrphed, directed, and edited.

Tough subject, but sensitively presented and an important message to get out.

Comment by Cassandra Perkins on January 6, 2011 at 3:21pm

Chris you did an amazing job on Brianna's story. This had to be a very difficult Babs, Kayla and Chris are amazing people and are blessed that you could get such a difficult story out and done so well. Thanks for sharing there story with us. God bless you for helping make a difference.

Comment by Chris Nicholson on January 6, 2011 at 4:14pm

Thanks Cassandra and Michael.  Yes Cassandra, alot of tears were shed while doing this, and at times I felt like Brianna was looking over our shoulders and inspiring us. Babette is such a strong person that it really made us want to put everything into it, and it took far longer than we ever imagined because we wanted to get it right.  But Alan and I both have teen and pre-teen kids and we did this as much for them as the Canacari's.   Alan, Babette, and I would love to take this project to the next level and involve more families in a much broader and longer story, so that we could really make a difference and reach a lot more people. However, like anything, that would take funding.

 

In the meantime, Babette plans to launch a speaking tour and will use this piece as an introduction to her talk and an interactive discussion about the issues of talking to your kids about difficult and scary subjects. So one way you can help Babette is to find places for her to speak.   Thanks so much for supporting her by spreading the word about her story.

Comment by Cassandra Perkins on January 6, 2011 at 5:46pm

Chris I have a talk show on www.voicesofreality.tv and Jan 15th I am going to have on 2 of Brianna's best friends on to talk about what they are not able to talk about openly. I will share your link with my viewers if you are ok with that.

Comment by Chris Nicholson on January 6, 2011 at 6:00pm

That would be fine to share the link Cassandra.  If you think your viewers need a lower res version, I could also post it on my website in a lower res version so it will play faster. PM me on facebook, and we can set it up.  So many kids are dying each year from either suicide or The Choking Game that anything we can do to tell parents that it can happen to anyone and they need to talk to their kids, is possibly a life saved.  I saw your show when Babette and Kayla were on originally.   You have an important show.  Keep up the good work.

Comment by Cassandra Perkins on January 11, 2011 at 7:35pm

Thanks chris I recieved your link spoke with Babs she is all set. The show will be on this Saturday Jan 15th @1:00 MST thank you for the link. www.voicesofreality.tv "behind the mask" with Cassi Perkins. If you are not able to make it you can see it on the video site.

Blessings,

Cassi~ 

Comment by Jacque Abplanalp on January 12, 2011 at 7:04pm

Great job, Chris! Camera work was spot on and what a moving and sad story.

 

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