Kim BrattainFounder/ CEO, Kim Brattain Media · Award-winning Corporate and Documentary Film Producer

The Big Picture 2016!

21 Apr 2016 · 2 min

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The video excerpt promotes “The Big Picture 2016,” a play written and performed entirely by teenagers. Speakers emphasize that the production tackles hard‑hitting youth risk topics—eating disorders, suicide, peer pressure, and dating violence—using the authentic words of teens rather than adult interpretations. They note that the play’s content is grounded in data from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, giving it credibility while resonating emotionally with both teens and their parents. The narrative is described as meaningful, honest, and powerful, offering guidance and common‑sense advice. The speakers urge viewers to watch the play, consider its messages, and seek further resources at teenhealthconnection.org.

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Meaningful, important, honest. A must-see for teens and parents of teens. The Big Picture 2016, a play written and performed by teenagers. It tackles all the hard topics.
I've ruined the lives of 2 of my best friends. Allison is dead!
From eating disorders to suicide to peer pressure and dating violence, The Big Picture tells the truth, providing guidance and good common sense.
So I think that The Big Picture is really meaningful and compelling and powerful, and part of what makes it particularly effective is these are the teens' words, there are data to back it up, and so it's, it's a medium that really works in terms of kids hearing and also parents and adults listening.
The teens, they write and perform The Big Picture. The topics that we discuss are all related to the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, but these are their words, and they're talking about real issues that they deal with every single day.
It's the real stuff. It just really speaks out to the teens who have to go through these things.
The most important thing about this play is the fact that the kids are saying the things that adults can't say and reaching their peers in ways that we just simply can't reach them.
I think that it's something that all teens should see. And that they should be able to use their voice and utilize their voice to make changes in this country.
For more information about The Big Picture, visit teenhealthconnection.org.