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Release Date:
21 June 2005 (USA) moreTagline:
Sex, Lies & EducationPlot:
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 synopsisAwards:
2 wins & 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
Balanced and Compassionate moreCast
(Credited cast) | Rene Caudillo | ... | Himself |
| Yvonne Caudillo | ... | Herself |
| Shelby Knox | ... | Herself |
| Amanda Noble | ... | Herself |
| Ricky Waite | ... | Himself |
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Lubbock, Texas, USAMOVIEmeter: 
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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.