People suffer largely unnoticed while the rest of the world goes about
its business. This is a documentary exploration of the mythic beauty of
the Golden Gate Bridge, the most popular suicide destination in the
world, and those drawn by its call. Steel and his crew filmed the
bridge during daylight hours from two separate locations for all of
2004, recording most of the two dozen deaths in that year (and
preventing several others). They also taped interviews with friends,
families and witnesses, who recount in sorrowful detail stories of
struggles with depression, substance abuse and mental illness. Raises
questions about suicide, mental illness and civic responsibility as
well as the filmmakers relationship to his fraught and complicated
material.