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Summary:
- Documentary which presents the political activism of high school student Shelby Knox. The film begins in 2001 when Shelby Knox, a 15-year-old high school sophomore, joins the Lubbock Youth Commission, a group of high school students empowered by the mayor to give Lubbock's youth a voice in city government. Knowing that Lubbock, Tex. had one of the highest rates of teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease in the nation, the Youth Commission questioned Lubbock's abstinence-only sex education policy. Shelby, a politically conservative Southern Baptist who had pledged abstinence until marriage, became the group's most vocal proponent of comprehensive sex education. The documentary explores other issues beyond the debate over abstinence-only versus comprehensive sex education. It portrays Shelby's family's struggle with teen independence; Shelby's struggle with her Christian faith; Shelby's widening activism into other issues, such as the creation of a Gay/Straight Alliance at her high school; issues of tolerance; and the power of political activism.
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Language Notes:
- In English.
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Alternate Titles:
- Subtitle on disc surface: Sex, lies, & education
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System Details:
- DVD.
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Production Credits:
- Produced and directed by Marion Lipschutz, Rose Rosenblatt ; edited by Rose Rosenblatt, Jeremy Stulberg ; photography by Gary Keith Griffin ; music by Rick Baitz.
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General Notes:
- "P.O.V. season 18"--Accompanying guide cover.
Public performance rights included.
Sundance Film Festival, 2005: Cinematrography Award, Documentary (Gary Griffin).
Public performance rights included.
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Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (76 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 discussion guide (22 leaves : illustrations, portraits ; 28 cm)
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Physical Characteristics:
- plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; polychrome
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Audio Characteristics:
- digital; optical
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Digital Characteristics:
- video file; DVD video; region 1
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Call Numbers:
- EDU 2005 DVD
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OCLC Numbers:
- 1053060464
60748544 [Invalid]