Synopsis
Students share their personal stories about being bullied and/or being impacted by teen suicide in Minnesota public schools across this short documentary. Topics covered in student stories include: race, ethnicity, autism, self-harm, suicide, depression, anxiety, eating disorders, LGBTQ discrimination, and legislative discrimination against minority students.
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This year, over 5 million American kids will be bullied at school, online, on the bus, at home, through their cell phones and on the streets of their towns, making it the most common form of violence young people in this country experience. The Bully Project is the first feature documentary film to show how we've all been affected by bullying, whether we've been victims, perpetrators or stood silent witness. The world we inhabit as adults begins on the playground. The Bully Project opens on the first day of school. For the more than 5 million kids who'll be bullied this year in the United States, it's a day filled with more anxiety and foreboding than excitement. As the sun rises and school busses across the country overflow with backpacks, brass instruments and the rambunctious sounds of raging hormones, this is a ride into the unknown.
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Heathers

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Zero Day

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To Save a Life

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Dear Evan Hansen

The true story of a small town, working class father who embarks on a solo walk across the U.S. to crusade against bullying after his son is tormented in high school for being gay.
Joe Bell

After declaring that he's going to film himself committing suicide for a school project, Archie videotapes his surprising interactions with worried family members, interested classmates, unreliable medical experts and the hottest girl in school.
My Suicide

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Saved!

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Lean On Me

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Mean Girls

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And Then I Go

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Disconnect

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Bully

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Flirting

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Manic

A teenage girl who halfheartedly tries to be part of the "in crowd" meets a dashing rebel who teaches her a more sinister way to play social politics.
Heathers: The Musical

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Bang Bang You're Dead

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