The film stimulates a healthy, open discussion about the physical and emotional pressures that cause depression, and how they can be alleviated or prevented. Most of the footage is general footage of people & their daily lives in the 1970s. The VO talks about depression, but their is no footage of hospitals or suicide.
Slow-motion, a man skiing towards the camera. Skier jumps over the camera & does a flip in the air. CU of a woman w/ her eyes closed. She rolls over & goes back to sleep. She slowly gets up.
Woman's face in the mirror as she puts on her make-up. Young woman wearing a t-shirt & underwear, stands in a kitchen makes pours water from a kettle. She grabs a pair of jeans & puts them on. She is making tea. She lights a cigarette. More shots of her smoking & drinking tea.
Woman & child in the snow petting a cat. They run through the snow, playing. Woman in a long fur (probably fake) coat walking down a suburban sidewalk. It is winter, lots of snow blowing around.
Young woman in winter coat enters a science classroom (lab). Students are conducting experiments. Flame from a Bunsen burner. Various shots of the lab. Conducting experiments, measuring dry chemicals on a scale. More shots of students working.
CU of a hand holding a lit cigarette. CU of face of girl talking about her depression. Same girl walking outside. She has a heavy coat & a purse (handbag). She gets on a swing set on the playground. MS of her swinging.
Young man walking down an urban street during the winter. Snow is on the ground. He has long hair & glasses & is carrying a guitar case. MS of same man inside playing his guitar & singing. More shots of him walking on the street.
Young woman walking outside. Snow on the ground. Camera follows her as she walks. General street scene. Nice general footage of 1970s fashions & cars. The camera follows one woman wearing a strange hat fashion from the 70s. The hat looks like a bonnet from Little House On The Prairie. Follow a man walking down the street. Man & woman meet on the street & hug. They walk off together.
CU of hands kneading bread. Face shot of man wearing a beret. He is the one kneading the bread. CU of hands shaping & cutting the dough. Bread being placed into the oven.
Large sign on a building. Pan down to people walking on the street. Follow a woman looking in store windows. Inside a Chinese butcher shop, looking out the window at the woman. Zoom in to her face. People on the street. Man & woman talking.
Man & woman walk through a snow covered park. Man walking a dog in the snow. Man & woman play in the snow. Woman pets dog. Man & woman hold hands & run through the snow.
Camera at the back of a skier taking off down a hill. Slo-mo (slow motion) of guy skiing down-hill. He is wearing blue jeans, jean (denim) jacket & a knit hat.
Woman at a pond at sunset. She is feeding the geese.
People walking down the street, downtown, urban shopping district. 1970s fashions. Zoom in & follow woman.
CU of a painting, pan down to man singing & playing guitar. Pull back to a semi-circle of people listening to the singer. Probably some sort of coffee house. CU of hands cutting & serving bread. People serving themselves from a buffet table. Pan around the room, lots of people eating & talking & smiling. Audience applauds (claps) for the singer.
Slow motion of a skier going over a jump & doing a flip. He falls.