Bully

From Sundance Award-winning filmmaker Lee Hirsch, comes a beautifully cinematic, character-driven documentary following five kids and families over the course of a school year. Offering insight into different facets of America's bullying crisis, the stories include two families who have lost children to suicide and a mother awaiting the fate of her 14-year-old daughter, who has been incarcerated after bringing a gun on her school bus. With an intimate and often shocking glimpse into homes, classrooms, cafeterias, and principals' offices, Bully is a powerful and inspiring film that every educator, parent, and teenager should see. (Tricia Spears)