"If the conversation about bullying is going to advance, this is the project to help us advance it."
Michael Kimmel, author of Pulitzer nominated, Manhood in America

"This emotionally searing story provides an opportunity for middle schoolers and adults to address the strong need for bystanders to intervene and the high costs of silence."
Andrew Kosak, Middle School teacher, Brunswick School District, Maine.

"This invaluable video will be a powerful tool to help students develop the skills that support socially responsible, "upstander" behavior."
Jonathan Cohen, President of The National School Climate Center

"The Boy Game may well save a life."
Steven Brion-Meisels, Harvard School of Education

Recommended by Video Librarian, THE BOY GAME unpacks the complex dynamics that lead some boys to bully and the majority, who are bystanders, to stand watching in silent conflict.

It's the story of: Reynaldo, who masks his insecurities by acting tough who targets Noel, too scared of looking weak to tell anyone, and Kenny, the protagonist /bystander, increasingly conflicted by his friendship with both. Based on off-the-record interviews with boys nationwide, then fashioned into a hard hitting scenario, it captures the intense pressures boys face every day.

Boys desperately need a way to talk about the pressures they face in order to develop the resilience needed to stand up, be themselves, and redefine masculinity in terms of emotional, tolerant strength. And girls and all of us of who care about peer violence among boys need to be part of the conversation.

THE BOY GAME is powerful resource for use in Middle and High schools, After school programs and Community groups as well as for staff development and in University classes studying Sociology, Gender Issues and Education.

*Includes a comprehensive study guide (designed for co-ed groups or boys alone).
*A transcript is available