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National Bullying Awareness Week: 'Losers' Creators,
Everynone, Fight Back With Film
The Huffington Post Canada by Arti Patel
Cyber-bullying affected a kid aged 8 - 17 in about every
10th household in Canada this year, according to Statistics Canada.
On top of this, 35 per cent of kids said they have
witnessed bullying on a daily basis, according to a Kids Help Phone independent
survey. National Bullying Awareness Week wraps up this weekend with schools and
community groups pledging to "stand up" against bullying across the
country. And one group of filmmakers has taken a unique approach to make the
public care.
"Losers," a short film that appeared online
this week, is a look at a cross-section of teens in a high school. With
students portrayed as bullying or being bullied, the film conveys a similar
message to the popular "It Gets Better" campaign, reassuring kids
that we've all been there. But the expert filming and emotional impact go
beyond that, showing the hurt and pain in the moment, and asking kids to take a
step back and think about how they're actually behaving.
Daniel Mercadante, Will Hoffman, and Julius Metoyer III,
the minds behind Everynone, a New York-based production company that created
the short, reveal the inspirations and experiences behind the film.
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