BULLY screening this Tuesday

Join us on October 8th at 7pm for a free screening of “BULLY”, a powerful and timely documentary by Sundance and Emmy-Award-winning filmmaker Lee Hirsch.

“Kids will be kids, boys will be boys. They’re just cruel at that age.” So says a Georgia state school administrator, speaking at a community forum organized by the parents of Tyler, a relentlessly bullied 17-year-old who took his own life.  Platitudes such as these invoke the palpable anger that infuses Bully.

The film follows three bullied kids over the course of a school year: Alex, a smart, gawky 12-year-old whose classmates call him Fishface, Kelby, 16 years old and a popular star athlete, until she came out as a lesbian; and Ja’Meya, 14, an honour student charged with 45 felony counts after bringing a loaded handgun to school to face down her tormentors. We also hear from two sets of parents who faced the anguish of a child’s death by suicide. Touched by unaccountable loss, these parents are demanding accountability and trying to effect change.

Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Ralph Fisher Auditorium, Richmond Hospital
7000 Westminster Hwy., Richmond, B.C.
Free Parking available in the gravel lot accessed from Westminster Highway
Doors Open at 6:30; the film starts at 7:00 and runs for 90 minutes

Classification: Parental Guidance Advisory; Coarse Language, theme of bullying

Screening organized by: CMHA Richmond Pathways Clubhouse; Vancouver Coastal Health – Richmond; Richmond Mental Health Consumer and Friends Society.

Barbara Fee at 604-276-8834, ext. 33 or barb.fee@cmha.bc.ca