The Education of Shelby Knox (2005)

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Directors:

Marion Lipschutz
Rose Rosenblatt

Release Date:

21 June 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary

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. |

Plot Keywords:

Gay Rights | Sex | Education | Texas | Sex Education

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Rene Caudillo	...	Himself
Yvonne Caudillo	...	Herself
Shelby Knox	...	Herself
Amanda Noble	...	Herself
Ricky Waite	...	Himself

Directed by
Marion Lipschutz
Rose Rosenblatt

Produced by
Charlotte Buchen	....	additional associate producer
Charlotte Buchen	....	field producer
Sally Jo Fifer	....	executive producer: ITVS
Rebecca Honig-Friedman	....	associate producer (as Rebecca Honig)
Amy Kohn	....	additional associate producer
Amy Kohn	....	field producer
Marion Lipschutz	....	producer
Cara Mertes	....	executive producer: P.O.V.
Rose Rosenblatt	....	producer
Jeremy Stulberg	....	additional associate producer
Jeremy Stulberg	....	field producer
David Valdez	....	additional associate producer
David Valdez	....	field producer

Original Music by
Rick Baitz

Cinematography by
Gary Griffin		(as Gary Keith Griffin)

Film Editing by
Rose Rosenblatt
Jeremy Stulberg

Art Department
Manny Palad	....	graphic designer

Sound Department
Susan Bryant	....	additional sound recordist
Johanna Bystrom Sims	....	assistant sound editor
Petr Cikhart	....	additional sound recordist
Mike Gibson	....	additional sound recordist
Tom Lino	....	audio mixer
Jordan Polk	....	additional sound recordist
Jiri Suchanek	....	additional sound recordist
David Valdez	....	sound recordist

Camera and Electrical Department
Deb Lewis	....	additional photographer
Rick Mize	....	additional photographer
Mike Ogletree	....	additional photographer
Sam Shinn	....	additional photographer

Editorial Department
David Fresko	....	assistant editor
Larry Loonin	....	editing consultant
Steve Pequignot	....	on-line editor: Glue Editing & Design
David Petersen	....	editing consultant

Music Department
Jason Gordon	....	music consultant
Barbara Lynn Jacobs	....	musician
Wade Tonken	....	music mixer: Noize Factory
Wade Tonken	....	music producer: Noize Factory
Sean Tyroler	....	music consultant

Other crew
Josh Braun	....	distribution advisor
Christopher Dean	....	research assistant
Diana A. Delatorre	....	research assistant (as Diana Delatorre)
Kavitha Dulai	....	research assistant
Roger Kass	....	distribution advisor (as Roger E. Kass)
Esther Lee	....	research assistant
Rebecca Lemaitre	....	research assistant
Spencer Merolla	....	research assistant
Tatiana Mirville	....	bookkeeper
Janima Nam	....	researcher
Matt Pare	....	production assistant
Terry Purinton	....	research assistant
Emily Shepherd	....	research assistant

Production Companies

• Incite Pictures (as Cine Qua Non/Incite Pictures)
• Independent Television Service (ITVS) (in association with)
• P.O.V./American Documentary (in association with)

Distributors

• Docurama (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• ITVS (2005) (USA) (TV)

Other Companies

• Glue Editing and Design  on-line editing (as Glue Editing & Design)
• Noize Factory  music mixing
• Noize Factory  music production

Runtime:

USA:76 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Brazil:14 | UK:15 | USA:Not Rated

Filming Locations:

Lubbock, Texas, USA

Company:

Incite Pictures

Soundtrack:

So Wide

knowledge is power!

Perhaps we could all take a moment to look back to when we were fifteen years old. What were we like? How did we fill our free time? It's doubtful that many can attest to being involved in real world politics in the fashion shown in the documentary "The Education of Shelby Knox". The film follows an intelligent, young Southern Baptist (Shelby Knox) for four years as she and a youth-run organization work to allow their Lubbock, Texas schools to teach sex education beyond the mere chillingly brief words of 'abstinence only'. These youth come from a strict, conservative town that just happens to have the highest teen pregnancy rate in the country. It is truly inspiring to watch Shelby while she struggles to overcome the bureaucracy that plagues lawmakers and citizens alike, as she begins to question the foundation of her belief system, and as she blossoms into a strong, convicted woman with a mission. This is a reminder to everyone who might take our rights for granted, and who might not realize that as life on earth becomes more complicated some people are still withholding knowledge from the future owners of it.