Students learn from anti-bullying film they made
By Jodi Heckel
Saturday March 29, 2008
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Franklin Middle School students wave and clap after their question-and-answer session Friday at the premiere of 'Stories of Us' at the Virginia Theatre in Champaign. The movie, which depicts adolescent bullying, was filmed at Franklin Middle School in Champaign.
CHAMPAIGN – An anti-bullying film made at Franklin Middle School and screened at the Virginia Theatre on Friday night has already made a difference for some of the students involved in making it.
When the students talked about what bullying was during the making of the film, "I realized I had done half these things," said McKenzie Bonnett. "It made me understand I had to check myself. It was a part of growing up I hadn't done yet."
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