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01/10/2026

Simply staying alive is a challenging struggle for many people. We create docs, TV shows and films to help keep people safe. Join us; add your name to our projects as a sponsor, advertiser or co-producer. See two of our trailers on su***de awareness here.

Understanding Su***de: Symptoms and Solutions
https://youtu.be/J5voy8C8w50?si=3qfeK4Eh8D_z_EB0

Senior Su***de: Whispers of Love Lost
https://youtu.be/Afy10XiH5EA?si=64sz0Cu_O4gB65Yn

For more information, see our projects at DocChannels.com. To add your name to these projects, see this link. https://ourgbn.com/sponsor

10/31/2024

A year ago this week we lost Matthew Perry, ten years ago, Robin Williams; both comedians made us laugh and cry. Each had mental health issues, coped with meds and both lost their battles in different ways. How many others, not so funny, famous, or rich, face the same struggles and will win or lose their battles, every day?

Someone ends their life in this world every 45 seconds. Millions more die of overdoses and addiction, both accidental or on purpose. Others choose to leave in less obvious ways, "death by vehicle, cop, needle, bottle, pills, poverty or drowning". Few listen, and fewer even care. Do you?

If someone WAS drowning, would you jump in and save them, or stand by and watch them die? Mental illness IS drowning, recognize it!

Sadly, most STILL ignore the signs, and the struggles and are SO consumed with their own daily lives, goals, and careers, that they are immune to the needs of others. I believe there are billions of people SO desensitized by the hurt, pain, and need of others, they are now immune to the struggles others go through. Social media offers light, funny, and positive images and videos, why bother with the negative s**t people go through?

Want proof? Funny cat videos get more views than su***de prevention videos—golf tips, road rage, or how to build a Lego or Fortnight castle. Vanity posts with endless selfies on social media, often disguised as "branding" on LinkedIn and Facebook, get more likes than a post about a woman murdered by her partner.

As an online community, and a business platform. we SUCK at helping and caring for others to be honest. I see it daily on Facebook and elsewhere. People write to me daily to say "they support" what we do, but in reality, they confuse support with admiration; two different things.

Unless and until we care more about others, than we do about our own lives, we will never change. Men will still beat, abuse, and kill women and children because our laws do not fully protect them. Laws written and carried by mostly male politicians, cops, guards, and judges, it is in our DNA.

People like Matthew and Robin and millions of others will die alone; their last thoughts, wondering, why no one truly cared enough to help when they had the chance. Who do YOU know, today, who needs your help? Reach out, call, or visit them. NOW!

When you are done, please see our projects, such as these two on bringing awareness to su***de prevention. True, not as funny as a cat video, but more important to you and the lives of those you know and love.

I know! I WAS there! I WAS suicidal. I discovered a tool to keep myself alive, so I could share it with others. See it here.
https://handcraftfilm.com/help-us-save-lives

See this video our co-host in India made about saving lives in her country and worldwide. https://youtu.be/-NEAzaWfH5w

See our website for more episodes and please, help us help save lives. https://handcraftfilm.com/help-us-save-lives

You never know, the life you save may be your OWN, or someone you love.

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10/28/2024

The three monkeys (individuals, companies, and governments) show how abuse to women and children is viewed. Military spending, to kill people, outpaces mental health care spending, to save people, in all countries! Why? Because wars and weapons drive economies, and create jobs, income, wealth, and power for people, mostly men. Men and countries are addicted to that power.

It is the same thirst for power that drives men to harm, control, and overpower women and children. It is in men's DNA from thousands of years of killing each other, but over 99% of all deaths of women in domestic abusive and sexual assault cases occur from MEN harming women, (with women killing other women making up the other 1%). The day a man harms a woman or child, he is no longer a man. In court, custody battles nearly 1,000 children have died this past year. Over 70% of those by their father!

Attention and funding are needed for mental health, counseling, protection of the vulnerable, and other tools to not only prevent abuse but punish those who harm others. Stiffer laws and stronger, longer sentences need to be implemented. Many of these men who harm or kill women and children are repeat offenders. If men faced the death penalty for killing a woman or child, or even other men, they would stop doing so, one way or the other! The problem is, most judges are MEN protecting other men!

WHEN will we learn, as a nation, as companies and corporations, in Hollywood and the shows and films we produce, as well as individuals, to STOP being these three monkeys in society?

The three wise monkeys are a Japanese pictorial maxim, embodying the proverbial principle "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil". To me, they represent individuals, companies, and governments, and all are equally responsible for helping find solutions.

For the most part, men ignore these issues more than women, but having written to over 10,000 men AND women in the last six months only FIVE felt strongly enough about these issues to become a co-host or sponsor. That is appalling and speaks volumes about how much issues to protect women and children are simply not a priority or changes would be made!

Many men and women own companies and businesses, but few added their name as an advertiser to a campaign to help save women and children.

My question is this. If individuals, governments, and companies do not want to help protect women by standing with others who do, which of the three monkeys best describes them?

I just got a reply from a celebrity in Los Angeles who said she cannot afford to support these programs. Her bio photos show her wearing a Rolex watch, to impress the world with her wealth. As my father said, "What you do speaks so loudly, I cannot hear what you say".

Unless and until protecting women and children becomes a higher priority, many more will die.

Help us help them. See our website here. HelpUsSaveLives.com

https://handcraftfilm.com/help-us-save-lives

10/27/2024

What's a smile worth? My son was six CENTS short at the store on a $25 purchase! A kind woman paid the dime with a smile. A dime isn't much unless you're locked out of a pay toilet and don't have one. A quarter is priceless when you're at a payphone and need to call for a cab and your cell dies (assuming you can FIND a payphone!).

What is a smile and a, "How you doing today?" worth? Priceless. A man quietly walked two miles from his apartment to the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco and jumped to his death. In his apartment, the police found this note; "Today I am walking to jump off the Golden Gate Bridge but if ONE person smiles at me, or says "Hello" or even nods to acknowledge me along the way, I will turn around and come home". Sadly, no one did, and he died.

Look at the faces of these five people. Every one of them took their own life. They brought joy, happiness, and hope to millions of people, but inside, there was not enough to sustain their lives.

We are Handcraft Film. We produce TV shows and films to help save lives. See our TV shows and films here. HelpUsSaveLives.com here. https://handcraftfilm.com/help-us-save-lives

If you want to join us, see this link. https://handcraftfilm.com/sponsor

If you choose not to, and in all honestly, 99.9% of all Facebook members ignore our posts, at least share a smile or a phone call with those who may need it most. You never know who may just need a smile or a phone call.

Raymond Oelrich
Producer
Help Us Save Lives
HelpUsSaveLives.com

10/26/2024

We make emotional decisions and justify them with the logic needed. When someone takes their own life, their emotional feelings of despair overrule the logic to continue living. An iceberg in a sea of hopelessness; the massive amount of pain beneath the surface dwarfs what others see above the surface.

Many people are suffering from anxiety, poverty, depression, despair, homelessness, or addiction. Often those in abusive relationships want their pain to end MORE than want the conditions to improve, and they give up hope or desire to live any longer.

We address these issues in this video, where we address the underlying factors that contribute to su***de and more importantly, ideas and tools to help identify solutions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjHxkCAd-6s

It is only five minutes long, but that five minutes can save your life someday, or the life of someone you know and love. Please watch it. If you want to help produce more of these, and the TV show that this video represents, please see our website here and add your name to the film credits of this episode, and others.
https://handcraftfilm.com/sponsor

See the video here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjHxkCAd-6s

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10/25/2024

Viewers stream shows on phones, tablets, TVs, and other devices, as attention spans become shorter and competition for viewers increases. FiveMinuteMovie.com showcases content from one to twenty minutes.

If you have qualifying videos, movies, or TV shows that entertain or tell a story, or you wish to advertise your commercial or product or have us create a short film, video, or trailer for you, contact us.

https://handcraftfilm.com/five-minute-movie

10/22/2024

If heart disease is a 'silent killer' then depression is the 'silent tsunami' that destroys lives. Depression can spiral into su***de and domestic violence. Ironically sports events like soccer, NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, and other games cause a spike in domestic violence when a favorite team loses! When you add online gambling, which is exploding now with massive promotion, these issues can lead to many forms of addiction, poverty, and a loss of income, which also leads to even more depression and mental health challenges in life.

The correlation is documented and instances of domestic violence, abuse, and even murder rise by 10%-50% after such games are played. Even video games that depict these events and simulations can lead to aggressive behavior in teens and adults. This often leads to even more violent behavior, which left unchecked, can also lead to anxiety and depression.

As in any walk of life, when anticipation, hope, and desire are clouded by despair, disappointment, and anger, depression soon follows.

When you mix depression, anger, frustration, AND alcohol or drugs, that is a dangerous combination, yet it occurs every day, somewhere around the world. These can often lead to other issues, such as addiction, divorce, homelessness, and other forms of abuse and harm to individuals and others.

This link shows a study that verifies a rise of nearly 36% of domestic violence in Scotland during soccer league matches, and even higher, over 40% increase of calls during the Grey Cup in Canada! Many fans assault each other and in some instances, deaths occur at sporting matches when you combine anger, alcohol, and mob mentality. When others suffer in silence, they take their anger out on their families, workers, partners, and even their children.

See the study here (https://acws.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ACWS-Guide-Domestic-Violence-Awareness-Campaigns-and-Major-Cultural-and-Sporting-Events.pdf)

We produce documentaries on depression, su***de, domestic abuse, and violence and encourage you to look at our episodes here. We study and identify the underlying reasons and causes of these events in life, to find solutions and tools for others to cope. Here is one example of our five-minute doc on su***de. https://youtu.be/FjHxkCAd-6s

See more information at https://handcraftfilm.com/help-us-save-lives and please, support these programs to help us reduce risk and help save lives. You can add your name to these film credits in support here. https://handcraftfilm.com/sponsor

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10/22/2024

Ending su***de, domestic violence, and abuse against women and children is crucial. I would sincerely appreciate your help keeping women and children safe.

For more information and to support our docs see HandcraftFilm.com/women and FiveMinuteMovie.com.

To become a sponsor and add your name to the film credits of these episodes see HandcraftFilm.com/sponsor.

I appreciate your attention to these episodes and topics.

Raymond Oelrich, Producer

10/20/2024

Mint Nikon FE 35mm film camera, complete with matching SS-10 flash, which is automatically set to the Nkon body to calculate flash settings when set to AUTO.

The package also includes a mint 50mm Ai-s f1.8 Series E "pancake" lens with an A-1 filter and Nikon cap, a Kiron 80-200 f4.5 Macro lens with cap, and a rare factory Nikon hard case with locking lens mounts and key!

The 50mm f1.8 Ai-S was reported to be one of the sharpest prime lenses Nikon made and had the same optic design as the much more expensive Nikkor lens.

The package also includes both French and English Nikon FE manuals and nylon camera strap.

The Nikon FE is an Aperture-priority camera with AUTO setting which chooses both aperture AND shutter speed. It has a match needle through the lens metering and exposure control.

The camera and lenses are in mint condition. We accept eTransfer, credit cards, and cash.

I also have another Nikon Series E 50mm f1.8 AI lens for sale for $75, or both lenses, and this package is for $295 plus shipping.

$245 or the best offer. Local pick-up in Kelowna or will ship for extra insurance and postage to any address in Canada or the US. Call 250-448-9333 for info.

10/10/2024

Life changes when you reach the "Y in the road," and choose helping others over helping yourself. That's my focus; to create docs, TV shows, and films that change this world. That is my "Why". Join me. HelpUsSaveLives.com