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‘Bully’ rating prevents viewing by most important demographic

By Sarah Contreras | March 28, 2012

There are many movies you expect to receive an R rating: highbrow dramas about sex addiction, the latest installment of Hostel and… a documentary about bullying? You read that right. When filmmakers Lee Hirsch and Cynthia Lowen set out to make a documentary...

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(White) parents just don’t understand

By Linze Griebenow | March 25, 2012

I think Will Smith said it best with, “Parents just don’t understand.” In a more accurate way, though, white parents just don’t understand. Stemming from a cultural ideology that places white children at the forefront of innocence, the almost...

DeKalb in second place in ‘Bully’ premiere online campaign

By Melissa Mastrogiovanni | March 25, 2012

Last week, partners of MTV launched an online campaign to encourage community members to vote in a contest which would allow DeKalb to premiere a documentary about bullying. The film, Bully, is an independent documentary that follows the lives of five...