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When We Were Bullies
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Wikipedia article
'When We Were Bullies' is a 2021 German-American[https://www.docnyc.net/film/when-we-were-bullies/ DOC NYC] documentary short film by Jay Rosenblatt.[https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/movies/when-we-were-bullies The New Yorker][https://mubi.com/films/when-we-were-bullies MUBI]
Summary
The director trying to track down his 5th-grade teacher[https://www.timesofisrael.com/oscar-nominated-when-we-were-bullies-looks-back-in-shame-on-1965-schoolyard-attack/ Oscar-nominated 'When We Were Bullies' looks back in shame on 1965 schoolyard attack - The Times of Israel] and remembering a bullying incident that he was part of[https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/23/nyregion/when-we-were-bullies-brooklyn.html 'When We Were Bullies' Director Returns to Playground - The New York Times] from 50 years ago (despite not interviewing the victim of said incident) alongside remembering his younger brother's death from
colitis surgery.[https://www.psfilmfest.org/2021-shortfest/film-finder/when-we-were-bullies Palm Springs International Film Festival]
Release and reception
It premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival.[https://filmmakermagazine.com/111041-complicity-comes-in-many-forms-jay-rosenblatt-on-his-sundance-short-about-bullying-when-we-were-bullies/#.YgKJKerMLIU "Complicity Comes in Many Forms": Jay Rosenblatt on His Sundance Short About Bullying, 'When We Were Bullies' - Filmmaker Magazine] before airing on HBO March 30.[https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/hbo-when-we-were-bullies-1235209275/ HBO to Air Oscar-Nominated 'When We Were Bullies' (TV News Roundup) - Variety][https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/all-of-it/segments/when-we-were-bullies All Of It|WNYC]
'The Washington Post' called it "a deeply personal essay".[https://www.museumoftolerance.com/events/film-screening-when-we-were.html IN-PERSON Film Screening: WHEN WE WERE BULLIES - Museum of Tolerance]
Accolades
94th Academy Awards: Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) nomination[https://deadline.com/2022/02/oscar-nominations-list-of-nominees-1234928251/ Oscars Nominations 2022 Full List of Nominees - Deadline][https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2022 2022|Oscars.org]References
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