Friday, March 30, 2012

Bully

  • LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Documentary filmmaker Lee Hirsch spent a year at three schools in Sioux City, Iowa, following five kids and families who have been impacted by bullying for his nonfiction movie Bully.
  • (Reuters India)
  • The new documentary Bully opens Friday, and it has an emotional impact that must be seen to be understood. The film hop scotches across the country looking at the situations of five different children that have suffered the effects of bullying.
  • (NPR News)
  • In the devastating trailer for Bully, a heartbreaking message flashes between the footage from Lee Hirschs documentary about the bullying epidemic amongst youths. It reads, simply, The problem is being ignored.
  • (Hollywood.com)
  • The documentary Bully, which opens today, shows Alex Libby being pushed, poked and ridiculed. At one point in the film he says, "They push me so far that I want to become the bully. It takes a hard, close look at the bullied and the bullies.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • AMC Entertainment Inc. AMC Entertainment Inc.
  • (The Business Journal)
  • I grew up about 20 minutes outside of Ann Arbor, Michigan, in Plymouth. It's a totally different world from Ann Arbor, which is a very liberal college town. I went to a public school in Plymouth, which wasn't the greatest.
  • (Daily Beast)
  • While film audiences line up to see The Hunger Games and 21 Jump Street, I hope that there will be lines around the block and down the street to see another film that premieres this weekend, but I'll admit there's nothing entertaining about it.
  • (Daily Beast)

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