The panel discussion followed the premiere of 'Bully,' a documentary screened at the Palladium as part of the second annual Uptown Film Festival Saturday.
There were a lot of tears at probably the most talked-about premiere of the Uptown Film Festival. There was also a lot of anger, frustration and above all, a desire for change. Bully, a documentary on bullying in American schools and communities from acclaimed filmmaker Lee Hirsch, officially premiered Saturday afternoon at the Palladium 12 as part of the second annual Uptown Film Festival. The film will be officially released March 30. After the premiere, Defeat the Label, an international anti-bullying nonprofit with local roots — as well as one of the festival’s nonprofit partners — hosted a panel discussion with area educators, parents, counselors, a police officer and a 7th grade bullying victim. The film itself follows five bullied …
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The anti-bullying nonprofit Defeat the Label will also host a panel discussion on the topic, featuring local students.
The upcoming Uptown Film Festival in Birmingham will host the Michigan premiere of Bully, a documentary spotlighting the impact of bullying in American schools and communities. Ironically, the film's R rating would exclude much of its intended school-aged audience if the Motion Picture Association of America refuses to change it to PG-13, Katy Butler, a Michigan bullying victim who hopes to change the board's mind, said in an ABC News report. Butler posted a petition at Change.org to get signatures in support of a PG-13 rating for Bully. The MPAA ratings board defended the R rating, saying the film includes epithets that are hurled at a 13-year-old bullying victim. The March 8-10 film festival will screen the documentary at 2 p.m. March …
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Michelle Smith
11:40 pm on Thursday, October 18, 2012
As a parent, I believe that this represent one of the bigger challenges in raising kids. We parent, we try our very best to keep our child safety. We give them the best education possible. As a parent it is normal to protect our children from all harm. If we monitor their lives so closely that they never fall, never fail, and never get hurt or sad, then we would be depriving our children of … more ›