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"Bully" Director and Writer Will Speak in Cedar Falls Tuesday (Patch)

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The documentary has garnered a lot of attention across the country and features an Iowa boy.

The University of Northern Iowa will host Bully film director Lee Hirsch and producer and writer Cynthia Lowen for a panel discussion at 4 p.m. May 1 in Sabin Auditorium.

UNI faculty who research and educate about bullying will join Hirsch and Lowen. The panel will discuss bullying and strategies for prevention as well as work on the film.

Bully, a documentary about the growing problem of bullying in schools, has garnered critical acclaim and national attention. The film features an Iowa boy, and bullying has been in Iowa's news recently with the recent suicide of an Iowa teen who classmates taunted by classmates for being gay.

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Complete article at Patch : http://bit.ly/ISBUOo