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Jenny’s Reasons

19 minutes 27 seconds

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Profile of a woman in a kitchen setting with her lips parted. A man pours liquid from a coffee pot into a mug in the background. Caption. About not getting work, then you get something.

Episode 1 of the "Maple Ave" Series. Provides look at teen depression and the often unwitting family dynamics that surround it. The powerful, award-winning short finds its main character, Jenny, in the throes of clinical depression, unable to understand the reasons she feels so bad all the time. Deeply confused and desperately overwhelmed, Jenny makes plans to end her life--plans that are ultimately thwarted when her best friend, Tanya, confronts her and shares a dark secret of her own. NOTE: Contains profanity.

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Profile of a woman in a kitchen setting with her lips parted. A man pours liquid from a coffee pot into a mug in the background. Caption. About not getting work, then you get something.
Maple Ave
Episode 1
19 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Teenage boy and teenage girl face one another as they rest their elbows on a desk in a school setting. Caption. I figured if Mrs. Tanner wasn't saying anything.
Maple Ave
Episode 2
23 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Closeup of a middle-aged woman with a concerned expression looking slightly up and off camera. Caption. So who is she based on?
Maple Ave
Episode 3
22 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Teenage girl with curly hair wears a coat and a backpack over 1 shoulder as she looks down and off to the side. Caption. Were you supposed to meet her?
Maple Ave
Episode 4
21 minutes 58 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Middle-aged woman with an angry expression sits on a couch and turns toward a teenage girl who looks straight ahead. Caption. What were you thinking, Angela?
Maple Ave
Episode 5
26 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Closeup of a middle-aged woman wearing glasses as she opens her mouth, speaking. Caption. I think you owe it to your son to find out the right way.
Maple Ave
Episode 6
27 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12

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    Anonymous (Philadelphia, PA)
    May 3rd, 2023 at 10:09 AM

    Several students could identify with Jenny. This has helped them to open up. Thank you.