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  • 'Bully' Director Lee Hirsch on How Filmmakers Could Respond to a President Trump
    A textbook grade-school bully now wields the power of the most powerful bully pulpit. If you are also trying to put the pieces back together post-election, I think a good place to start is with Lee Hirsch, director of Bully.
    Tom Roston 4 min read November 23, 2016 Doc Soup Comments
  • When Documentary Filmmakers Direct Political Ads
    When documentary storytelling intersects with political advertising.
    Tom Roston 4 min read November 1, 2016 Doc Soup Comments
  • We the Economy
    This new online documentary series is striving to explain the economy through 20 short films.
    Heather McIntosh 2 min read October 30, 2014 Documentary Site Comments
  • Re-Edited 'Bully' Receives PG-13 Rating In Time for Theatrical Expansion
    After weeks of controversy, the MPAA has decided to give a PG-13 rating to a version of Lee Hirsch's documentary Bully that has cut some but not all profanity.
    POV Staff 3 min read April 6, 2012 Documentary News Comments
  • Director Lee Hirsch on Bully's MPAA Rating Battle and the Impact of the F-Word
    The director of Bully, a victim of bullying himself, tells Tom Roston "the experience that these kids go through should be as it is."
    Tom Roston 3 min read March 6, 2012 Doc Soup Comments
  • My Five Favorite Documentaries from True/False Film Fest 2012
    Tom Roston recaps the Midwestern film festival True/False, where he saw a slate of inspiring documentaries including How to Survive a Plague, The Imposter, Bully, Searching for Sugar Man and Undefeated.
    Tom Roston 6 min read March 5, 2012 Doc Soup Comments