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"Bully" director to speak in Tulsa
Published: 6/22/2012 3:30 PM
Last Modified: 6/22/2012 3:30 PM

Director Lee Hirsch will speak at Circle Cinema on Monday following a screening of his film "Bully."

Lee Hirsch, director of the acclaimed documentary "Bully" which is playing at Circle Cinema, will speak at the theater on Monday night.

Hirsch will introduce his film about bullying in America's schools at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the theater at 12 S. Lewis Ave. Following the film, about 8:15 p.m., he will lead a discussion of the picture and answer questions.

The theater has been showing the documentary for several weeks, with free tickets available to educators and students. The Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation is sponsoring Hirsch's visit to Tulsa.

Hirsch is also scheduled to meet with local educators including Teach for America recruits who are training to become teachers, as well as with Tulsa-area anti-bullying coalition groups, according to a press release from the theater.

"Bully" focuses on five cases of students having been bullied at school, with two of those who are profiled coming from Oklahoma.

Kelby Johnson, a student from Tuttle profiled in the movie as an out-and-proud lesbian who's been branded a pariah by her rural Oklahoma town's homophobic residents, recently appeared at Circle Cinema.

Kirk Smalley, the father of an 11-year-old Perkins boy who committed suicide rather than succumb to further school bullying, spoke at Circle Cinema in May.

More information is available about Hirsch's appearance at the theater online at tulsaworld.com/circle or by calling the theater at 918-592-3456.

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