'The Beaver'

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Two-time Academy Award® winner Jodie Foster directs and co-stars with Academy Award® winner Mel Gibson in The Beaver – an emotional story about a man on a journey to re-discover his family and re-start his life.

Plagued by his own demons, Walter Black was once a successful toy executive and family man who now suffers from depression. No matter what he tries, Walter can’t seem to get himself back on track…until a beaver hand puppet enters his life.

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Drawing from the powerful relationships portrayed in The Beaver, the Social Action campaign will address the effects of mental illness and depression on individuals and their families and relationships, seek to de-stigmatize mental illness and depression, and provide tools and resources for families to support loved ones battling with an illness.

  • Start a conversation with someone you love. Attend a MOVE Community Conference (TWLOHA).
  • Learn more about depression and effective treatments at NAMI.
  • Find a therapist near you (American Psychological Association). There is hope.
  • Support IMAlive.org, an online crisis network.
  • Find support and resources at the Kirstin Brooks Hope Center.

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