Introducing ‘Bully’ Director Lee Hirsch

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At the podium, Hirsch tackles the issue of bullying and how it affects students, their families, the schools and society at large. He takes audiences behind the scenes of filming in Georgia, Mississippi and Oklahoma; and his unlimited access in two schools in Sioux City, Iowa. He discusses his ideas behind Bully, what the process was like filming moments of bullying as they were happening and what he hopes the film will achieve — to show bullying as something that is absolutely undeniable or irrefutable. Hirsch will also engage audiences in “The Bully Project,” a social action campaign to end bullying that started as a result of the film. “The Bully Project” highlights solutions that both address immediate needs and lead to systemic change.

Audiences will be moved, disturbed and infuriated as they watch powerful and often gritty clips from the film, but motivated to join Hirsch in his crusade to stop the violence.

Bullying is one of America’s most crucial topics and a program that’s not to be missed.