When We Were Bullies
USA, Germany2021documentary30'
An archival educational film and an accidental meeting with a friend from school bring back memories from the 1960s when the director was in the fifth year of elementary school. At that time he participated in a shameful incident. Together with other students, he tormented mentally and physically a class scape goat. Today, he gets in touch with other participants of the event to find out what they remember from the past. Found footage, school photographs, animations and recordings of conversations make a poignant story about the feeling of guilt and an attempt to redeem it.
- directed by
- Jay Rosenblatt
An internationally recognized artist and a two-time Academy Award® nominated filmmaker who has completed over thirty-five films. His work explores our emotional and psychological cores. Jay’s films have screened throughout the world. A selection of his films had theatrical runs at the Film Forum in New York and at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
- cinematography
- Kirsten Johnson, Ellie Mccutcheon, Jay Rosenblatt
- script
- Jay Rosenblatt
- animated by
- Jeremy Rourke
- cast
- Richard J. Silberg, Mark Athitakis, Wendy Newman, Bobbi Bromberg
- music
- Erik Ian Walker
- sound
- Judy Karp
- editing
- Jay Rosenblatt
- production
- Jay Rosenblatt, Stefano Tealdi (Jay Rosenblatt Films)
- Photo
- Trailer