Watch Rats & Bullies : The Dawn-Marie Wesley Story (2004) Free Online

Release Date: 2004   Duration: 90 min

Categories: Movies, Indie film, Documentary

Rats & Bullies: The Bullycide of Dawn Marie Wesley is a feature documentary film written, directed and produced by Cassidy R. McMillan and Ray Buffer, which probes the suicide of a 14-year-old girl from Mission, British Columbia. Dawn-Marie Wesley took her own life by hanging herself with a dog leash in her bedroom after systematic bullying and threats by three teenage girls from her school....  MORE

Rats & Bullies: The Bullycide of Dawn Marie Wesley is a feature documentary film written, directed and produced by Cassidy R. McMillan and Ray Buffer, which probes the suicide of a 14-year-old girl from Mission, British Columbia. Dawn-Marie Wesley took her own life by hanging herself with a dog leash in her bedroom after systematic bullying and threats by three teenage girls from her school. Her suicide was discovered by her 13-year-old brother who had come to her room to call her to dinner with the family. In her suicide note, Dawn-Marie named the three girls who bullied her and threatened her with death. The incident outraged a nation and fueled a groundbreaking investigation by Canada's Crown, which led to the precedent-setting court case. For the first time in North America, teens were made to stand trial for bullying. Due to this and other similar cases, the term "bullycide" has been established. Rats & Bullies not only documents this compelling story, but also offers solutions to teens, parents, teachers and school administrators on bullying, through the interviews involved, including insight from educational expert Rosalind Wiseman. Relational aggression among teenage girls LESS