The director of “Bully,” a film that shines a light on schoolyard tormenting joined Roz & Mocha in studio for a 30 minute special interview.

This year, over 5 million American kids will be bullied at school, online, on the bus, at home, through their cell phones and on the streets of their towns, making it the most common form of violence young people in this country experience. The Bully Project is the first feature documentary film to show how we’ve all been affected by bullying, whether we’ve been victims, perpetrators or stood silent witness. The world we inhabit as adults begins on the playground. The Bully Project opens on the first day of school. For the more than 5 million kids who’ll be bullied this year in the United States, it’s a day filled with more anxiety and foreboding than excitement. As the sun rises and school busses across the country overflow with backpacks, brass instruments and the rambunctious sounds of raging hormones, this is a ride into the unknown. For a lot of kids, the only thing that’s certain is that this year…

Hirsch’s documentary explores how bullying affects the lives of five ordinary children and their families.

Lee Hirsch was in studio with Roz & Mocha to talk about this important film and to take your calls…

Check out the trailer for Bully, which opens Friday April 6th