- eSchool News - https://www.eschoolnews.com -

‘Bully’ documentary gets its own documentary on ‘Anderson Cooper 360’

A bully’s worst fear is revenge, so it’s special when a victim of bullying can turn those slurs and taunts into nationwide popularity, the Huffington Post reports. Alex Libby was 12 years old when director Lee Hirsch included him in a documentary entitled “Bully.” The film, which was released in 2011 and acquired shortly thereafter by the Weinstein Company, gave the boy his chance to change things — for himself and others. Ever since, he’s lent his face, time and energy to a worldwide movement against bullying [1]. CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360” will feature Libby’s story [2]Thursday night in a documentary, called “The Bully Effect,” about the children featured in “Bully.”

Click here for the full story [3]