TV Airing & Promotion
Fierce Goodbye aired on Hallmark Channel on August 22, 2004 and May 15, 2005.
It was released on May 22, 2005 to NBC-TV stations as a special presentation of the National Council of Churches USA.
In June, 2006 the program aired on UDC-TV, Washington, DC, beginning Jan. 7, 2007 on ABC affiliate stations and in June, 2007 on GC-TV in Greensboro NC.
News releases
'Fierce Goodbye' earns four awards, will air on NBC and Hallmark
Thursday, April 21, 2005
The 38th Annual WorldFest-Houston Film Festival recently announced that the Mennonite Media documentary, Fierce Goodbye: Living in the Shadow of Suicide, has received one of its top four levels of awards for documentaries, to be awarded in a ceremony April 30. More ...
TV documentary explores family pain
and changing pastoral views on suicide
June 1, 2004
In a new documentary slated to premiere on Hallmark Channel August 22, family survivors of suicide share personal stories of their trauma. More ...
Folk singer Judy Collin hosts Mennonite documentary on suicide survivors; to air August 22 on Hallmark Channel
Friday, June 11, 2004
Judy Collins, the legendary folk singer whose musical career spans more than 40 years, has been videotaped as host for the new TV documentary being produced by Mennonite Media with Faith & Values Media, Fierce Goodbye: Living in the Shadow of Suicide. More ...
Family survivors of suicide say mental health issues need attention in the church
Friday, July 23, 2004
Ninety to 95 percent of all suicides are associated with one of five major psychiatric illnesses, according to Kay Jamison, one of the key mental-health experts interviewed for the Fierce Goodbye: Living in the Shadow of Suicide documentary ... More ...
How congregations are both hurtful and helpful after suicide
Friday, August 06, 2004
When Joy Derck's brother died by suicide, one of her daughters was attending a junior-high Christian school. A student told her daughter that her uncle was in hell. "That was really devastating," recalled Derck. More ...
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Announcement
Poster
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Brochure
Description of documentary and additional materials on DVD. Includes order form for VHS and DVD videos
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Production photos
Camera-ready ad
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Video Clips
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Jill calls on her faith when she finds that her daughter has hung herself
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Haunting questions
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Going into the pain
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Suicide not unpardonable sin
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Grieving alone
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