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The Education of Shelby Knox (2005)

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User Rating: 7.9/10 (196 votes)
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Overview

Release Date:
21 June 2005 (USA) more
Genre:
Documentary more
Tagline:
Sex, Lies & Education
Plot:
A 15-year-old girl's transformation from conservative Southern Baptist to liberal Christian and ardent feminist parallels her fight for sex education and gay rights in Lubbock, Texas. | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Balanced and Compassionate more

Cast

 (Credited cast)
Rene Caudillo ... Himself
Yvonne Caudillo ... Herself
Shelby Knox ... Herself
Amanda Noble ... Herself
Ricky Waite ... Himself
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Additional Details

Runtime:
USA:76 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
Brazil:14 | UK:15 | USA:Not Rated
Filming Locations:
Lubbock, Texas, USA
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Soundtrack:
Another Night more

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6 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
Balanced and Compassionate, 29 May 2005
10/10
Author: James McNally from Toronto, Canada

I saw this film at the 2005 Hot Docs festival in Toronto. This film follows the life of 15-year-old Shelby Knox, a teen living in conservative Lubbock, Texas. Though from a conservative Christian Republican family, Shelby is a feisty and compassionate campaigner for sex education in the public school system, feeling that their "abstinence-only" policy is ignoring the obvious, including higher than average rates of teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. The film follows her over a period of three years, as she begins to question the easy answers offered by her church, her school, and her community. She works with a city-funded group, the Lubbock Youth Commission, but when local politicians force the group to tone down its activism, she quits and begins working with a group of gay teens to help them start a Gay Straight Alliance group at school. Despite the fact that Shelby herself has pledged to remain a virgin until marriage, she recognizes that not everyone in her community wants (or in the case of the gay students, is able) to make the same choice. This film is a balanced and compassionate look at one young woman's political and spiritual awakening. In light of the currently raging culture wars, it's a must-see for people on all sides of these issues.

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