Bully (2011)

This is a horribly sad tale. A true tale and it happens a lot more often than most people may think.
Nice kids , with great big hearts , that love and care about other people as well as the people in their lives , are bullied because they are different from other kids in some way , shape or form.
This is just unacceptable in a world where there is so much hate.
People should start by teaching their children to have respect and consideration for one another and setting those kinds of examples.
This kind of shit just breaks my heart and it makes me very angry when i see very little being done to make sure that these kids can feel safe at school and on their ways to and from school. There is nothing okay with bullying in any form. No matter what people that say "kids will be kids" think. There is a little thing called 'ignorance' you know...
When kids are bullied at school , sometimes they go to their teachers and their school principles.
The schools believe that this sort of thing happens all the time , that it is out of their hands , that the kids bring the bullying on themselves and that there is nothing the school can do to help.
Also , when kids go to their teachers and principles and tell them what is happening to them ,  the peers so called reprimand the other kid for their bad behavior , but after the fact , the kid still bullies somehow , the said bullied child begins to lose hope that nothing is being done , that no one cares about them and that it is okay for them to be treated so badly.
I believe that is a crock of shit!
I strongly believe that if the schools had clear rules and guidelines where bullying is concerned , along with the other school rules , and that if there was a punishment that all the students knew about , understood and took seriously , there would be a huge turn around in their behaviors. Also making it illegal in some form with legally punishable results to follow. 
But because everyone believes that its just 'kids being kids' and theres nothing anyone can do about , the bullying does and will continue.
Released March 30 , 2012 in the US.
Filmed in Georgia , Oklahoma , Iowa and Mississippi.
The story : Here we will meet and get to know a bit about 6 kids who have been bullied or are continuously being bullied or have taken their own lives because they were bullied.
Tyler , age 17 , took his own life as a result of being bullied. His family continuously rally and speak to anyone who will listen about Tylers' story and what can be done to stop this horrible behavior.
Alex , is a young boy who has no said friends , goes to a school where bullying happens more than a little bit. He seems to be a happy boy , but no one is really helping him get through the bullying he is enduring on a daily basis at school and on the way to and from school.
Devon , age 14 , is a boy who is struggling with have been bullied. He is greatly effected by Tylers' death and knows how he must have felt.
Kelby , age 16 , is a lesbian girl who is singled out , ridiculed and disrespected constantly by kids her age as well as adults , other kids parents and basically the whole town she lives in because she is gay. She has friends , so that helps but she and her family wish things could be different for her.
Ja'Meya , age 14 ,finds herself now spending time in a juvenile correctional facility. She felt so brutalized that she threatened some kids who were bullying her with a gun she took from her mother.
Lastly , we hear about Ty , age 11 , who took his own life due to being so depressed from being treated so badly by kids his age.
Stars Ja'Meya Jackson , Kelby Johnson , Lona Johnson , Bob Johnson , Alex Libby , Jackie Libby , Philip Libby , Maya Libby , Jada Libby , Ethan Libby , Logan Libby , Kim Lockwood , David Long , Tina Long , Teryn Long , Troy Long , Devon Matthews , Barbara Primer , Kirk Smalley , Laura Smalley , Trey Wallace , Tyler Lee Long , Mercedes Banks , Dean Donehoo , Vickie Reed , Jeff Johnson , Howard Ensley , Derek Parker , Chloe Albright , James Ramsey , Paula Crandall
Directed by Lee Hirsch
Rated PG13
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