Nicole Hughes
March 3, 2008 | 10:25 am EST
The Out of the Darkness overnight walk for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention takes place June 7-8 in New York City and June 21-22 in Seattle. Walkers start at dusk and end at dawn, making friends, sharing stories and remembering loved ones along the way. Collectively, they’ll make a loud, proud statement that we can and must take steps to bring suicide and mood disorders “out of the darkness.” The funds raised will help further the mission of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, the leading not-for-profit organization exclusively dedicated to understanding and preventing suicide through research and education, and to reaching out to people with mood disorders and those impacted by suicide.
The TakePart Top 10 Weekly Roundup is a compilation of the week’s most notable stories from our entertainment-meets-social-action blogging network. Don’t miss these excellent posts on some very engaging and thoughtful topics - from going green at the office to Julian Beever to dystopian film telling us to take action now. Check out our most popular articles of the week on a variety of subjects, as well as a few TakePart blogger favorites.
Katie:
Katoucha’s Body Found: Model Helped African Women Escape Mutiliation
Julian Beever Brings Art to New Orleans Sidewalks
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Nicole:
Heath Ledger Nick Drake Video for “Black Eyed Dog” Hits Web
Top 10 Ways to Go Green in the Office
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Gina:
Top 10 Dystopian Future Films Telling Us to Take Action Now
Going to “The Edge of Heaven” with Fatih Akin
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Kerry:
One of Heath Ledger’s last creative endeavors was a short film/video for Nick Drake’s “Black Eyed Dog.” Ledger admitted to being “obsessed” with Drake, a 1970s folk singer, who also died from a prescription drug overdose at a young age. Ledger was the actor, director and cameraman for this previously little known project. Although Ledger’s death has been ruled an accident, the video has prompted further speculation about his state of mind leading up to the incident.
According to Defamer.com, before last week the video was only screed twice: “Labor Day weekend at the Bumbershoot festival in Seattle and a second time in October at ‘A Place to Be,’ an event honoring Drake held in L.A.” It was shown again on Wednesday, February 27th on the Australian “A Current Affair.” The clip is below.
Affair reports that the final scene, which is “too graphic for them to broadcast,” depicts Ledger succumbing to the “dog” (Winston’s Churchill’s well-known description of depression) and drowning himself in a bathtub. The melody itself, however, is quite beautiful and hauntingly complimented by Ledger’s black and white images.
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Giulia:
