I watched this documentary this weekend and it completely destroyed me. See the trailer below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUy2ZWoStr0
Directed by Sundance and Emmy-award winning filmmaker, Lee Hirsch, Bully is a beautifully cinematic, character-driven documentary. At its heart are those with huge stakes in this issue whose stories each represent a different facet of America's bullying crisis. Bully follows five kids and families over the course of a school year. Stories include two families who have lost children to suicide and a mother awaiting the fate of her 14-year-old daughter who has been incarcerated after bringing a gun on her school bus. With an intimate glimpse into homes, classrooms, cafeterias and principals' offices, the film offers insight into the often cruel world of the lives of bullied children. -- (C) Weinstein
- Rotten Tomatoes
All of the kids stories that were told were devastating but Alex's story effected me the most.
He was constantly pushed around and called names by other kids but his reaction to it was so interesting to me. He kinda laughed it all off as if the other kids were joking around with him and continued to hang around them. At one point the director stopped and decided to show Alex's mom what was happening to him at school. The conversation between the two of them broke my heart. Watch it below.
There is another part of the movie where Alex's sister tells him she already gets picked on because she's his sister. The look on his face when she told him everyone thinks he's weird was so painful to watch.
I think this movie is extremely important, as heart wrenching as it is to watch, people need to see the effects of bullying. It is not OK. :(:(
They touched on Stand For The Silent in the movie.
Stand for the Silent was started in 2010 by a group students from the Oklahoma State University- Oklahoma City Upward Bound Chapter after they heard the story of Kirk and Laura Smalley’s son, Ty Field-Smalley. At eleven years-old, Ty took his own life after being suspended from school for retaliating against a bully that had been bullying him for over two years.
Stand for the Silent exists as a platform to allow Kirk and Laura to share their story and offer education and tools that will prevent their tragedy from happening to another child and family. Kirk and Laura’s mission is to continue to change kids’ lives and bring awareness to bullying and the real devastation it causes. Since May 2010, Kirk and Laura Smalley have traveled to hundreds of schools and spoken with more than 580,000 kids. In March 2011, Kirk and Laura met privately with President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama in The White House prior to attending the first ever White House conference on bullying. Their story is featured in Director Lee Hirsch's feature film, Bully. Kirk and Laura have been invited to a number of conferences on bullying and met with Lady Gaga this spring at the launch of the Born This Way Foundation.
These types of organizations are vital in kids lives today. Please watch this movie.
xoxo- Michelle
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