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2021 short documentary film
When We Were Bullies
Promotional release poster
Directed byJay Rosenblatt
Written byJay Rosenblatt
Produced byJay Rosenblatt
Starring
  • Richard J. Silberg
  • Mark Athitakis
  • Wendy Newman
  • Bobbe Bromberg
Cinematography
  • Kirsten Johnson
  • Ellie McCutcheon
  • Jay Rosenblatt
Edited byJay Rosenblatt
Music byErik Ian Walker
Animation byJeremy Rourke
Production
companies
  • Locomotion Films
  • Stefilm International
  • Arte Deutschland TV
  • ZDF
Distributed by
  • Gonella Productions
  • ARTE
Release date
  • January 28, 2021 (2021-01-28) (Sundance)
Running time36 minutes
Countries
  • United States
  • Germany
LanguageEnglish

When We Were Bullies is a 2021 short documentary film written, directed, produced, and edited by Jay Rosenblatt.

Summary

Rosenblatt tries to track down his fifth grade teacher, and remembers a bullying incident that he was part of 50 years ago (despite not interviewing the victim of said incident), alongside remembering his younger brother's death from colitis surgery.

Release and reception

It premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. before airing on HBO March 30.

The Washington Post called it "a deeply personal essay".

Accolades

94th Academy Awards: Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) – nomination

References

  1. DOC NYC
  2. The New Yorker
  3. MUBI
  4. Oscar-nominated 'When We Were Bullies' looks back in shame on 1965 schoolyard attack - The Times of Israel
  5. 'When We Were Bullies' Director Returns to Playground - The New York Times
  6. Palm Springs International Film Festival
  7. "Complicity Comes in Many Forms": Jay Rosenblatt on His Sundance Short About Bullying, When We Were Bullies - Filmmaker Magazine
  8. HBO to Air Oscar-Nominated 'When We Were Bullies' (TV News Roundup) - Variety
  9. All Of It|WNYC
  10. IN-PERSON Film Screening: WHEN WE WERE BULLIES - Museum of Tolerance
  11. Oscars Nominations 2022 —— Full List of Nominees - Deadline
  12. 2022|Oscars.org

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