A documentary on peer-to-peer bullying in schools across America.
Harte Schule (2011) Online
- Original Title :
- Bully
- Genre :
- Movie / Documentary
- Year :
- 2011
- Directror :
- Lee Hirsch
- Cast :
- Ja'Meya Jackson,Kelby Johnson,Lona Johnson
- Writer :
- Cynthia Lowen,Lee Hirsch
- Budget :
- $1,100,000
- Type :
- Movie
- Time :
- 1h 38min
- Rating :
- 7.4/10
This year, over 13 million American kids will be bullied at school, online, on the bus, at home, through their cell phones and on the streets of their towns, making it the most common form of violence young people in this country experience. BULLY is the first feature documentary film to show how we've all been affected by bullying, whether we've been victims, perpetrators or stood silent witness. The world we inhabit as adults begins on the playground. BULLY opens on the first day of school. For the more than 13 million kids who'll be bullied this year in the United States, it's a day filled with more anxiety and foreboding than excitement. As the sun rises and school busses across the country overflow with backpacks, brass instruments and the rambunctious sounds of raging hormones, this is a ride into the unknown. For a lot of kids, the only thing that's certain is that this year, like every other, bullying will be a big part of whatever meets them at their school's front doors. ...
Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Ja'Meya Jackson | - | Herself | |
Kelby Johnson | - | Herself | |
Lona Johnson | - | Herself | |
Bob Johnson | - | Himself | |
Alex Libby | - | Himself | |
Jackie Libby | - | Herself | |
Philip Libby | - | Himself | |
Maya Libby | - | Herself | |
Jada Libby | - | Herself | |
Ethan Libby | - | Himself | |
Logan Libby | - | Himself | |
Kim Lockwood | - | Herself | |
David Long | - | Himself | |
Tina Long | - | Herself | |
Teryn Long | - | Herself |
Bully was originally rated R for language. The Weinstein Company appealed for a lower rating, as the R rating would exclude the very audience that is was intended for - high-school teens. They lost the appeal for a PG-13 rating by one vote so the distributor surrendered the original rating and opted for their film to be released 'Unrated' to the theaters. Finally, the filmmakers agreed to cut some, but not all, of the relevant language, and the MPAA did agree to re-rate the movie PG-13. The PG-13 version does keep intact all the language in the scene that was the main point of contention between the filmmakers and the MPAA, in which a 12-year-old is physically and verbally attacked on his school bus by his classmates.
Anderson Cooper is a strong advocate of this documentary and the movement against bullying that it has stimulated. It was featured on Anderson Cooper 360° (2003) in October 2011, at the "Bullying: It Stops Here" town hall program special. Kelly Ripa, Rosalind Wiseman and Phil McGraw also shared their reactions to and support of the movie.
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