This is a character-driven documentary following five kids and families over the course of a school year. Offering insight into different facets of America's bullying crisis, the 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. Documentary provides an intimate and often shocking glimpse into homes, classrooms, cafeterias and principals' offices.
Publisher:Beverly Hills, CA : Anchor Bay Entertainment, [2013]
General Note: English dialogue with optional Spanish or English subtitles for the hearing impaired.Bonus features include deleted scenes, featurette, communities in motion, Good Morning America, Sioux City after Bully, Meryl Streep on bullying.Videodisc release of the 2011 documentary film.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Produced by Lee Hirsch, Cynthia Lowen ; directed by Lee Hirsch.
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MPAA rating: PG-13; for intense thematic material, disturbing content, and some strong language--all involving kids.