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Mental Health
Exploring emotional well-being, the importance of reaching out, and the challenges that can make asking for help difficult.
WATCH KEEP ON LIVING
The Story Starts Here.
KEEP ON LIVING is a veteran-led documentary exploring suicide prevention, mental health, military transition, identity, connection, resilience, and hope.
Watch the film. Take a moment to reflect. Then continue the conversation.
WATCH THE TRAILER
Get a First Look at KEEP ON LIVING.
The full documentary is currently in production. Until the film is ready for release, watch the official trailer and get a glimpse into the stories, questions, and conversations at the heart of KEEP ON LIVING.
KEEP ON LIVING is a veteran-led documentary exploring suicide prevention, mental health, military transition, identity, connection, resilience, and hope.
ABOUT THE FILM
What You’re About to Watch.
KEEP ON LIVING invites you into honest conversations about what happens when military service ends — and what it can take to find connection, purpose, and hope again.
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The Story Beyond the Uniform.
KEEP ON LIVING is a veteran-led documentary exploring the experiences that can shape a veteran’s life long after military service.
Through personal stories and candid conversations, the film explores mental health, military transition, identity, isolation, connection, suicide prevention, resilience, and the reasons people choose to keep moving forward.
The film does not attempt to reduce these experiences to statistics. Instead, it creates space for people to be seen, heard, and understood.
WHAT TO EXPECT
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Real Stories
Personal experiences that explore the realities veterans and military families may face.
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Difficult Conversations
The film addresses suicide, mental health, transition, trauma, isolation, and loss with care.
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Connection & Hope
Alongside difficult experiences, the film looks toward connection, resilience, purpose, and hope.
CONTENT NOTE
KEEP ON LIVING discusses suicide, mental health, trauma, loss, and other difficult experiences. Please take care of yourself while watching. You are always welcome to pause, step away, or seek support if the film brings up difficult feelings.
WHAT THE FILM EXPLORES
Behind Every Statistic Is a Human Story.
KEEP ON LIVING looks beyond the numbers to explore the experiences, challenges, relationships, and moments that can shape a veteran’s journey after military service.
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Military Transition
Examining what can happen when military service ends and veterans begin navigating a different kind of life.
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Identity & Purpose
Considering how service can shape identity, purpose, belonging, and the search for meaning after leaving the military.
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Isolation & Connection
Looking at the power of relationships, community, belonging, and knowing that you do not have to face difficult moments alone.
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Difficult Experiences
Creating space for honest conversations about trauma, loss, transition, and experiences that can be difficult to put into words.
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Hope & Resilience
Looking toward resilience, connection, possibility, and the reasons people choose to keep moving forward.
WHY THIS FILM MATTERS
This Story Matters Beyond the Screen.
KEEP ON LIVING is more than a documentary about veteran suicide. It is an invitation to look closer, listen differently, and recognize the human stories behind the conversation.
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See the Person Behind the Statistics.
Numbers can tell us how serious a problem is. Stories help us understand the people living through it.
KEEP ON LIVING brings personal experiences, challenges, and perspectives into the conversation.
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Start Conversations That Can Matter.
Difficult conversations do not always begin easily. Sometimes a story gives people a place to begin.
The film creates an opportunity to talk about mental health, transition, identity, connection, and suicide prevention with greater honesty and compassion.
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Move From Awareness to Connection.
Awareness is only the beginning.
KEEP ON LIVING encourages audiences to recognize the importance of connection, support, community, and knowing where to turn when help is needed.
The goal isn’t to sensationalize pain. The goal is to create space for understanding, connection, support, and hope.
KEEP THE CONVERSATION GOING
The Trailer Is Only the Beginning.
KEEP ON LIVING is being created to do more than tell a story. It is meant to open the door to conversations about veteran life, mental health, connection, suicide prevention, and hope.
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Learn About the Film
Explore the story, themes, people, and experiences behind KEEP ON LIVING.
Explore the Film
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Start a Conversation
Discover ways to talk about the issues raised by the film and create space for connection and support.
Continue the Conversation
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Bring the Film to Your Community
Organizations, schools, veteran groups, community leaders, and event organizers can learn about hosting a screening.
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The battle doesn’t always end when the uniform comes off.
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Audience Voices
Recent Reactions
★★★★★
“An essential film that captures the quiet struggles so many of us carry after taking off the uniform. Every community needs to watch this.”
★★★★★
“Raw, honest, and profoundly hopeful. It gave our family a vocabulary to talk about things we kept bottled up for years.”
Film Details
Credits & Support
Director & Producer
Niurka Castaneda
Executive Producer
Umbrella Splash Media
Featured Voices
Veterans & Advocates Community
Immediate Crisis Assistance
If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is available 24/7.
Veterans Crisis Line: Dial 988 then Press 1, or Text 838255
Take Action
Help someone keep living.
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