An intimate and profoundly moving look at a largely unspoken issue affecting thousands of young people.
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"You really have found a way to reach people with your film on self injury and to impart a sense of compassion and understanding.
The film "Cut" masters a difficult subject with genuine testimonials, expert information, artwork, and music. I highly recommend this film to anyone working with youth from middle school through college."
- Cindy Visbaras, Health Educator, Bates College
*OFFICIAL SELECTION*
2008 APA CONVENTION
WINNER "Best Wisconsin"
Beloit International Film Festival
CUT: Teens and Self Injury provides an intimate look at a largely unacknowledged problem that affects thousands of young people, their families and friends. Using the words, music and artwork of the teens themselves, director Wendy Schneider draws back the curtain on the sensationalism and secrecy surrounding the cycle of self-harm and brings this hidden issue into sharp, clear focus. As teens articulate their experience with self-injury, we see them begin to confront both their urges and their deepest feelings. Personal struggles are offset by interviews with parents and mental health professionals who address the problem from a broader context, and by rock icon Shirley Manson, who shares her own experience with self-injury. Compelling, incisive and profoundly moving, CUT issues a call to bring the problem of self-injury out of the shadows and reminds us that the first step towards healing is an honest acknowledgment of reality.
