{"id":5540,"date":"2014-10-04T08:05:49","date_gmt":"2014-10-04T12:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=5540"},"modified":"2014-10-04T08:06:15","modified_gmt":"2014-10-04T12:06:15","slug":"two-up-tv-films-shine-spotlight-on-bullying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2014\/10\/two-up-tv-films-shine-spotlight-on-bullying.html","title":{"rendered":"Two UP TV films shine spotlight on bullying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s today\u2019s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1412419938619_42148\" class=\"yiv3301424109MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><b id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1412419938619_42231\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1412419938619_42230\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt\">October is National Bullying Prevention Month. <\/span><\/b><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1412419938619_42147\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt\">In recognition of that, <\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1412419938619_42226\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt\">UP TV is presenting two films that tackle the subject.<span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1412419938619_42153\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3301424109MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><iframe title=\"Nowhere Safe (2014) | Trailer 1 | Natasha Henstridge | Jamie Kennedy | Danielle C. Ryan\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kMLJLFfwJV4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3301424109MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1412419938619_42226\" style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><i>Nowhere Safe\u00a0<\/i> premieres tomorrow (10\/5) at 7 PM (ET). <\/span><\/strong><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1412419938619_42226\" style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1412419938619_42162\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1412419938619_42161\" style=\"color: black;background: white\"><br \/>\n<strong>Synopsis:<\/strong> Two teen girls cruelly impersonate young Ashley (Danielle Churchran) in an online &#8220;reverse cyber bullying&#8221; plot, ruining her reputation and forcing she and her mother (<span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1412419938619_42226\" style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1412419938619_42162\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1412419938619_42161\" style=\"color: black;background: white\">Natasha Henstridge<\/span><\/span><\/span>) to flee an escalating threat to their lives.\u00a0<span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1412419938619_42226\" style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1412419938619_42162\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1412419938619_42161\" style=\"color: black;background: white\">Jamie Kennedy (<em>The Cleveland Show, Ghost Whisperer<\/em>)<\/span><\/span><\/span> also stars.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3301424109MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=G172-Ku-9A0\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=G172-Ku-9A0<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3301424109MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1412419938619_42226\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt\"><strong>The second film, <i>If I Had Wings<\/i>, will\u00a0 on Sunday, October 19 at 7PM (ET).<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Synopsis:<\/strong> <span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1412419938619_42164\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt\">17-year-old Alex Taylor&#8217;s dream of running for his high school&#8217;s cross-country track team seems out of reach as he has been blind since the age of two.\u00a0 Determined, he practices with his probation officer who, finding that he can&#8217;t keep up with his gifted son, sets out to find a running partner fast enough to keep up with him. That unlikely partner ends up being Brad Coleman, a schoolmate of Alex&#8217;s who spends most of his time running from the law. When Brad is caught in a pathetic daytime robbery attempt and faces incarceration, Alex&#8217;s father makes a deal to keep him out of jail and in school. Despite a rocky start and bullying from other kids, the pair form an unlikely friendship. The film stars Richard Harmon (<em>Continuum, The 100<\/em>), Jaren Brandt Bartlett (<em>Blackstone, Arctic Air<\/em>), Jill Hennessy (<em>Law &amp; Order, Crossing Jordan<\/em>) and Craig Bierko (<i id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1412419938619_42244\">Cinderella Man, Thirteenth Floor<\/i>).\u00a0<em>American Idol<\/em> 2009 finalist Scott MacIntyre, who is blind, was recruited to write the words and music to the theme song.\u00a0 <\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1412419938619_42154\" class=\"yiv3301424109MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt\">Talking about the movies, UP Senior V.P. of Programming Sophia Kelley said\u00a0 \u201c<\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1412419938619_42224\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt\">We are proud to help call attention to the increased concern about bullying by showing these two UP Premiere Movies during National Bullying Prevention Month&#8230;<\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1412419938619_42153\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt\">Bullying is an issue that kids and adults are facing today and one that concerns us.\u00a0 A key message in both of these films is that bullying can be overcome, and that there are other people out there &#8212; teens and adults alike &#8212; who care and want to help.\u00a0 We hope these films entertain our viewers and also help spread awareness about bullying prevention.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1412419938619_42169\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1412419938619_42164\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt\"><\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1412419938619_42168\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt\">The National Bullying Prevention Month campaign was founded in 2006 by PACER&#8217;s National Bullying Prevention Center. The campaign is held during the month of October and unites communities nationwide to educate and raise awareness of bullying prevention. Initially held the first week in October, the event was expanded in 2010 to include activities, education and awareness for the entire month. National Bullying Prevention Month is recognized in communities across the United States with hundreds of schools and organizations signing on as partners. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Encourage one another and build each other up \u2013 <\/em><strong>1 Thessalonians 5:11<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s today\u2019s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. October is National Bullying Prevention Month. In recognition of that, UP TV is presenting two films that tackle the subject. Nowhere Safe\u00a0 premieres tomorrow (10\/5) at 7 PM (ET). Synopsis: Two teen girls cruelly impersonate young Ashley (Danielle Churchran) in an online &#8220;reverse cyber&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":225,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,1085,24,31],"tags":[35,7417,7412,7415,7414,7404,7407,7408,7406,7411,7413,7405,7402,7403,7419,7409,7410,7416,7418,5130],"class_list":["post-5540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family-matters","category-forgiveness","category-movies","category-television","tag-1-thessalonians-511","tag-american-idol-2009-finalist-scott-macintyre","tag-arctic-air","tag-craig-bierko-cinderella-man","tag-crossing-jordan","tag-danielle-churchran","tag-ghost-whisperer","tag-if-i-had-wings","tag-jamie-kennedy-the-cleveland-show","tag-jaren-brandt-bartlett-blackstone","tag-jill-hennessy-law-order","tag-natasha-henstridge","tag-national-bullying-prevention-month","tag-nowhere-safe","tag-pacers-national-bullying-prevention-center","tag-richard-harmon-continuum","tag-the-100","tag-thirteenth-floor","tag-up-senior-v-p-of-programming-sophia-kelley","tag-up-tv"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Two UP TV films shine spotlight on bullying<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2014\/10\/two-up-tv-films-shine-spotlight-on-bullying.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Two UP TV films shine spotlight on bullying\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Here\u2019s today\u2019s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 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