The Bridge

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Summary:
Inspired by a New Yorker story, "Jumpers," written by Tad Friend, director Eric Steel decided to train cameras on the Golden Gate Bridge over the course of 2004 to capture the people who attempted to leap off the famed structure, the site of more suicides than anywhere else in the world. He also tracked down and interviewed the friends, family members, and eyewitnesses to furthe... Full Summary >>

Cast:
Kevin Hines - (Interviewee)
Patrick Hines - (Interviewee)
Rachel Marker - (Interviewee)
Tara Harrell - (Interviewee)
Carolyn Presley - (Interviewee)
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Review:
The Bridge is an intense viewing experience, a documentary that addresses death with a candidness rare in any forum. It is far more respectful and nuanced than the shocking premise sounds, a moving thoughtful sympathetic rumination on the vagaries of mental illness. It opens and repeatedly returns to footage taken of the Golden Gate Bridge, s... Continue >>


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