Lee Hirsch made his film debut with the critically acclaimed documentary Amandla! Lee founded two organizations: Local Voices, a Super PAC that has raised over one million dollars to produce and place positive political advertising and strategy; and The BULLY Project, the social action campaign that grew out of the film Bully and for which he serves as Executive Director.
As a social entrepreneur, Hirsch lectures globally on filmmaking, bullying, and social change. Hirsch also directs commercials and other filmed entertainment for Moxie Pictures, and is the coeditor of BULLY: An action plan for teachers and parents to combat the bullying crisis Weinstein Books. He lives in Brooklyn. To the Night! Special Thanks to all of the kids, families, and educators who shared their lives and stories. A complete list is available from PBS. This program was produced by Where We Live Films, which is solely responsible for its content.
Tell us about your own experiences with bullying. Were you bullied in school? How could faculty and parents have handled it better? Bully Premiered October 13, by Lee Hirsch. The film also covers the stories of Tyler Long and Ty Smalley, who committed suicide after being bullied.
Hirsch was a victim of bullying as a child and set out to create a documentary so that the hidden lives of bullied kids would be brought into the open. In a screening in Minneapolis in , Hirsch told the audience that he, himself, had been bullied, which was part of the inspiration for the film, and for the direction he took it. In an interview with a Twin Cities Jewish news website after the screening Hirsch continued:.
That was a big part of my wanting to make the film. Hirsch said he hoped the film grows far beyond him, inspiring advocacy, engagement, and empowerment not just in people who are being bullied and in their families, but by those of us who all too often stand by and do nothing. I hope this takes on a life of its own. What is wrong with those hill billies?! Who in their right mind threatens to kill someone without any logical reasoning or anything to even provoke someone to actually do that.
I really hope that kid gets 3 broom sticks shoved up his ass. Those idiots need to be put in a mental asylum.
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