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Greenlit: #RedFlag, HLN

#RedFlag – Many young adults who are plagued with mental illness take to social media to  express their pain, often using hashtags like #GiveUp #Cutting and  #MakeItGoAway. This documentary attempts to illuminate these cries for help and delve into  the use of social media as a powerful tool to identify and help its victims.

In this sensitive and honest portrayal, #RedFlag depicts two faces of mental illness among young adults.  #RedFlagKelley focuses on a 31 year old wife and mother of two, diagnosed as bipolar, who carries emotional scars as a rape victim and product of a broken family.  Despite having a loving husband, she sees her disease’s detrimental impact on both her marriage, which is crumbling, and on her young children.

#RedFlagAndrew follows a teenager consumed with depression after the suicide of his brother. Andrew’s troubles are compounded by his responsibility as caretaker for his mother who suffers from an even more pronounced form of the disease. Both Kelley and Andrew use social media platforms to express their feelings of desperation.

Channel: HLN

Producer: GRB Entertainment

TX: 5th May 2015

Source: HLN press release