The Bully Project

About the Project

This year, over 18 million American kids will be bullied, making it the most common form of violence young people in the United States experience. The Bully Project follows "a year in the life" of America's bullying crisis, offering an intimate look at how bullying has touched five kids and families.

The Bully Project is a character-driven film—at its heart are those with the most at stake and whose stories each represent a different facet of this crisis. From the first day of school through the last, The Bully Project will witness the lives of kids who are threatened, harassed and assaulted on a daily basis, and the parents who struggle to protect them. Through the film, we’re also confronted with bullying’s most tragic outcomes, including the stories of 2 families who’ve lost children to suicide and a mother who waits to learn the fate of her 14 year old daughter, incarcerated after bringing a gun on her school bus.

Catalyzing a call to action moment, The Bully Project's timely release, in the spring of 2011, enables it to be a leader in the national agenda and to launch a movement with huge potential for programming, nation-wide community screening events, educational materials, online tools, a national bullying helpline and more.

The Fledgling Fund Impact

The Fledgling Fund is proud to provide support for The Bully Project. This powerful and wrenching film provides us a glimpse into a world that exists right under our noses, but that we turn our heads away from. This film forces us to confront bullying and think collectively about how we can put an end to it in our schools, playgrounds and online.