Bibliograph

Holden on, produced by James Cooney, Tamlin Hall, Jaime Roberts ; written by Tamlin Hall ; directed by Tamlin Hall

Type

Label

Holden on, produced by James Cooney, Tamlin Hall, Jaime Roberts ; written by Tamlin Hall ; directed by Tamlin Hall

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

Rating: R; for some drug use

Main title

Holden on

Medium

videorecording

Oclc number

1089199303

Responsibility statement

produced by James Cooney, Tamlin Hall, Jaime Roberts ; written by Tamlin Hall ; directed by Tamlin Hall

Runtime

102

Summary

Holden Layfield helps audiences through his harrowing tale in this film set in the early 1990s. After succumbing to a secret battle with mental illness, seventeen-year-old Holden devolves from a gregarious, small-town Georgian football player to a lost, self-medicating prophet. Based on a true story about dual diagnosis and teen suicide, this important film portrays the complexity of mental illness and suicide in teens, offers insight to prevention

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action

Classification