“Don’t take away my ‘Shine’”: New Film Spotlights Bay Area Youth Facing Mental Health Challenges

By Katherine Brown - The atmosphere of the room is thick with joy and hope. Young women donning colorful, flowing gowns, and beautifully coiffed hair, laugh and giggle as they line up for group pictures. Young men in tailored suits, and hair neatly trimmed, shake hands and greet each other as they enter the room.