The Check IN: A Short Film about MEN'S MENTAL HEALTH

Added: 2026-05-07

[00:00:28]Hello.

[00:00:29]Hey, train. I'll be home shortly. Make sure you take that meat out the freezer for me.

[00:00:34]>> All right. I got you, Grandma. I love you.

[00:00:36]>> Okay. I love you, too. Okay.

[00:00:52]>> This Hello. Who is this? Hey, this is Officer James from the South County Police Department. Your grandmother has been in a serious car accident. Sorry to inform you that she didn't make it.

[00:01:07]>> What?

[00:01:10]>> She didn't make it.

[00:01:54]They in Texas back in hours, man.

[00:01:57]I'm starting to get a bad feeling, bro.

[00:01:59]>> Should we start searching the whole park >> like a movie?

[00:02:02]>> Let's hope we ain't got to.

[00:02:06]>> No, no, no. There you go right there, bro.

[00:02:10]>> Hey, what y'all doing here?

[00:02:11]>> Hey, bro. We just checking in.

[00:02:13]>> You ain't slick, dog. Something ain't right.

[00:02:16]>> You look like you've been carrying the world, man.

[00:02:27]I'm tired. Tired of pretending the bills. My grandma losing my jobs.

[00:02:34]>> I can't breathe, man. And y'all clown me like it's all good.

[00:02:38]>> Bad, bro. We ain't know. You don't never say nothing.

[00:02:43]>> The man don't talk, right? We man up.

[00:02:46]>> Nah, bro. That's dead. We not going to let you sit in silence.

[00:02:53]Man, I really appreciate y'all, man. We can just go get some food. Talk about this more later.

[00:03:09]>> We can really go to Yo, Trey, you still a virgin, man.

[00:03:32]>> All right, bro.

[00:03:33]>> Trey, we got sexual therapist appointment tomorrow.

[00:03:37]>> Yeah.

[00:03:40]>> Yeah, man. We really wanted to help you.

[00:03:42]I mean, no matter how hard it get, we still going to check in on you, man, cuz you love me.

[00:03:48]>> I really appreciate y'all, man.

[00:03:50]>> Oh, yeah.

[00:03:51]>> I'm not wasting my time. I'm about to head to this therapist appointment.

[00:03:54]>> All right, man. See you tomorrow, bro.

[00:04:15]Hey Tren, how you doing?

[00:04:17]>> All right.

[00:04:18]>> That's good. I'm glad to see you're doing much better. So, what have you learned?

[00:04:22]>> You know, grief don't go away. It lives with you. And so does he when you got the right folks to check on you.

[00:04:28]>> That's really good to hear, Trey. Who has been checking in on you?

[00:04:32]>> I'll say the folks that helped me the most is my friends. You know, Reggie, Dre, and Peanut. They got me through a lot of hard times. They was one of the first people that to help me out. If anybody helped me, they was the ones.

[00:04:46]>> I'm glad to hear you have supportive friends. So, what does he look like for you now?

[00:04:49]>> You know, in the beginning, I was drinking a lot, but recently I've been just grinding, making sure I'm putting applications for these jobs, just trying to get my money up, my life back. Right.

[00:05:01]>> There's definitely more healthier ways for you to cope, but don't worry, I'm here for that. And as for your job searching, I have many resources that can you get at least into an entry level position.

[00:05:10]>> Well, thank you, Miss Kha. I really appreciate all of y'all for coming to my aid during this hard time. I feel like I've been getting better by the day, but I do have to go catch this pickup game with the boys in a second. So, I'm going to have to get out of your hair.

[00:05:23]>> Hey, will you go have fun out there with the boys and I'll catch you at the next session? How about that?

[00:05:29]>> All right.

[00:05:42]Come on, man.

[00:05:46]Come on.

[00:06:09]I just want you know >> man y'all playing without me. Y'all ain't hooping for real.

[00:06:16]>> Yo, what's up boys?

[00:06:19]>> Yo, what up?

[00:06:21]>> You straight, bro?

[00:06:22]>> I'm chilling, boy.

[00:06:23]>> So, how'd your appointment go, man?

[00:06:24]>> Hello, sir.

[00:06:24]>> Man, it went all right, you know, >> man. I really appreciate y'all boys, man. Y'all done helped me >> for sure, man. Know we got you, bro.

[00:06:32]Hey, though. Like, what y'all was talking about in there?

[00:06:34]>> Yeah. No, we don't really talk about much. You know, the situation I've been going through. She look kind of bad, though. So, I'll try to wrap it up.

[00:06:40]>> What she look like?

[00:06:41]>> Probably. She look like 25. You know, brown skin.

[00:06:45]>> Brown skin.

[00:06:46]>> I know that.

[00:06:49]>> Well, man, she look that good. I might have to get me a therapy session.

[00:06:52]>> Oh, no.

[00:06:55]>> All right. But no, for real, she is going to really help me get back right.

[00:06:59]She done told me about a few job openings.

[00:07:04]>> Get right, man.

[00:07:05]>> Hey, if you got another one, let me know.

[00:07:06]>> Hey, I'mma pass them off.

[00:07:10]>> Oh, yes.

[00:07:11]>> Speaking of jobs, where Dre at? You know Dre, you got there flipping burgers at McDonald's again?

[00:07:16]>> Looking at P, >> you feel me?

[00:07:19]>> Yeah, man. I really appreciate y'all.

[00:07:22]>> Of course. Even though my grandma passed away, you know, I still got y'all.

[00:07:25]>> You always got us, man. For sure.

[00:07:27]>> Hey, what's to them hoops, >> man? You're not trying to get me on it.

[00:07:31]>> Come on, bro.

[00:07:32]>> Do it.

[00:07:34]>> Play.

[00:07:48]Yeah. Yeah.

[00:07:55]He got that on, bro. They got me being a manager at the hospital.

[00:08:13]>> 30 hour to be a manager. Come on, bro.

[00:08:16]>> That's true. 30 hour at Walmart. I'm on that, bro.

[00:08:20]only using I got a I Mhm.