MONTRÉAL — Bell Media’s French networks and platforms announced today the special mental health programming they will feature on Jan. 26 as part of Bell Let’s Talk Day.
The documentary Maman, pourquoi tu pleures? (Mom, Why Are You Crying?) will air at 7 p.m. ET on Canal Vie and will also be available on Crave and Noovo.ca. The 60-minute documentary (which we wrote about here) addresses perinatal mental health issues and is an original idea by Quebec actress Jessica Barker (above).
Ahead of Bell Let’s Talk Day, Noovo will present the documentary Survivre au sport (Surviving Sport) on Sunday, Jan. 23 at 9 p.m. ET. The documentary will air again on Jan. 26 at 10:30 p.m. and will also be available on Crave and Noovo.ca.
“Following the revelations of Carey Price and many high-level athletes, Noémi Mercier meets athletes to talk about anxiety in the world of sport,” reads an English translation of the description of the documentary in Bell Media’s French press release.
Throughout the day on Jan. 26, sports network RDS’s flagship programs will feature interviews with athletes who share personal testimonies on various mental health topics, including Mark Borowiecki of the Nashville Predators on Sports 30, judoka Antoine Valois-Fortier on Le 5 à 7, Jack Evans of the Montreal Canadiens on Hockey 360, and Louis Domingue of the Pittsburgh Penguins on L’Antichambre.
In addition, the En Forme section of the RDS.ca website will offer 12 educational capsules on mental health. To create the capsules, Valérie Sardin spoke with mental trainer Jean François Menard and pharmacist David Gauthier.
Crave has brought together almost 50 titles in a new collection called La santé mentale (Mental Health). Some of the titles include Sortez-moi de moi, Euphoria V.F., La détresse au bout du rang, Mommy, La santé mentale: une note à la fois, Rire sans tabous, Généra+ion, Dans la tête de Robin Williams, Santé mentale: plus forts ensemble and Le poids de l’or.
On Noovo Moi, the Santé mentale dossier, which includes new episodes of the web series On Cause, will be promoted all day on Jan. 26 to offer support and resources to people in need of mental health support.
Finally, Canal D will present the documentary Santé mentale: L’Amérique en crise (Mental Health: America in Crisis) on Jan. 26 at 9 pm. ET. This documentary tells the touching stories of Americans from across the United States who are suffering from mental health problems.
For more, please click here for the French press release.
Photo provided by Bell Media.
