Private Project

Just Like You - Anxiety + Depression

8 brave kids, an Emmy award winning journalist and a clinical psychologist at Columbia University take on the fear and stigma plaguing the mental health community by immersing us in life with an anxiety disorder and depression in a way that leaves us enlightened, empowered and equipped to either live life or lift up life for those with these challenging and even life threatening conditions. We are losing too many of our children, friends and family living with anxiety disorders and depression to death by suicide. The stars in this film are faced with a challenge. They are striving to help us overcome our deeply ingrained fears, concerns and stigma about anxiety disorders and depression. The ones that prevent us from being able to relate, support and be friends with kids like Allie, Dylan, Jana, Morgan and Michael. They are utilizing the power of film to provide a clear blueprint for us to support people living with an anxiety disorder and depression and prevent death by suicide. This film will save lives.

  • Jen Greenstreet
    Director
    Just Like You - Burns (Short Film), Just Like You - Cancer (Short Film), Just Like You - Down Syndrome (Short Film), To Our Children (Short Film), Just Like You - Autism (Short Film), The Unreal Housewives of Kansas City (Short Film), Barren (Short Film), Just Like You - Facial Anomalies (Short Film), I'm the Hero (Short Film), Theatre is Alive (Short Film), My Favorite Teacher (Short Film), We're in This Thing Together (Short Film), To Our Parents (Short Film), Just Like You - Diabetes, (Short Film), Home is Where the Heart Is (Short Film)
  • Jen Greenstreet
    Writer
    The Dogwatch (Feature Film), Ballbusters (Feature Film), The WEL -World Energy Level (Feature Film and Pilot), Just Like You - Burns (Short Film), Just Like You - Cancer (Short Film), Just Like You - Down Syndrome (Short Film), To Our Children (Short Film), Just Like You - Autism (Short Film), Just Like You - Facial Anomalies (Short Film), I'm the Hero (Short Film), To Our Parents (Short Film), Theatre is Alive (Short Film), My Favorite Teacher (Short Film), We're in This Thing Together (Short Film), Just Like You - Diabetes, (Short Film), Home is Where the Heart Is (Short Film)
  • The Speak Up Foundation
    Producer
  • Just Like You Films
    Producer
  • Mauria Stonestreet
    Producer
  • Dr. Steven Arkin, M.D.
    Producer
  • Dr. Karen Arkin, M.D.
    Producer
  • Jana Banerjea
    Key Cast
  • Allie Conde
    Key Cast
  • Morgan Meuhlberger
    Key Cast
  • Dylan Scheidt
    Key Cast
  • McKenna Bamesberger
    Key Cast
  • Grace Goldman
    Key Cast
  • Michael Lopez
    Key Cast
  • Mack Norman
    Key Cast
  • Abby Eden
    Key Cast
  • Dr. Ali Mattu, PH.D.
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Feature
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 12 minutes 7 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 11, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    70,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    RED
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Jen Greenstreet

Jen Greenstreet is the CEO and Founder of Just Like You Films the 2019 Oscar qualified and Mid-American Emmy award-winning nonprofit production company.

After 8 years as a Prosecuting Attorney, Jen took her passion for advocating and storytelling from the courtroom to the big screen. In creating Just Like You Films she seeks to create a kinder more empathetic world through the power of film.

Jen writes, directs, edits and produces the documentary Just Like You Film series including Just Like You - Facial Anomalies, which. received theatrical distribution through AMC Theatres in over 200 theaters nationwide in a bundle with the feature film, Wonder qualifying it for an Oscar.  She is currently in production on her first feature documentary film, Just Like You - Anxiety and Depression.

Just Like You films have been viewed over a million times in 275 different countries and reach 8 million kids in 25,000 schools in the United States and Canada. Her films have received many awards and recognition, including two Mid-America Emmy Awards, 11 Mid-American Emmy Nominations, the Tash Positive Images in Media Award, the National Down Syndrome Congress’ Education Award, The KC Jewish Film Festival’s Trailblazer Award, the AMC Theatres Cares Award, The Autism Society of the Heartland’s Making A Difference Award and The Golden Door International Film Festival’s Raising Awareness Award. Jen recently was honored the 2018 Kindest Kansas Citian Award, 2019 City Year Kansas City Idealist of Year Award, and 2 2019 Mid-American Emmy nominations.
 

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Director Statement

At Just Like You Films, we are approached with many film ideas and we have to make the hard choice of which kids' stories into which we will pour our resources. Projects come to us in the form of impassioned parents or inspired leaders of organizations who are willing to run the marathon of fundraising, producing and distributing a film to create a kinder world for the kids they are championing. Just Like You - Anxiety + Depression was no different. It had incredible momentum from the very beginning. On a personal level, I see this project as a filmmaker, but I also engage with it from the prospective of a parent. In our family we live with obsessive compulsive disorder, post traumatic stress syndrome and depression. I come to this project as a concerned citizen, too. My local community and has been hit hard in recent years by the epidemic of death by suicide. We are losing too many to these diseases. And, I feel a personal sense of urgency to take a closer look, learn about, understand and most importantly accept anxiety disorders and depression as a serious medical concern and help end the stigma that our society unfortunately has around taking care of our mental health. Suicide prevention begins with the stories we tell ourselves and others about life with anxiety disorder and depression. We can’t wait for you to hear these stories firsthand in JLYF’s first feature length documentary film. Together we can help end the stigma around mental health and create a kinder, more empathetic world for us all through the power of film.