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The education of Shelby Knox /

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: P.O.V. (Firm), Independent Television Service, American Documentary, Inc, InCite Pictures (Firm), Cine Qua Non (Firm)
Other Authors: Lipschutz, Marion, Rosenblatt, Rose, Knox, Shelby
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Cine Qua Non/InCite Pictures, [2005]
Subjects:
Sex instruction for youth > Law and legislation > Texas > Lubbock.
High school students > Texas > Lubbock > Political activity.
Parent and teenager > Texas > Lubbock.
Toleration > Texas > Lubbock.
Knox, Shelby.
Documentary films.
Online Access:Discussion guide
Lesson plan
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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, Texas 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.
Item Description:"P.O.V. season 18"--Accompanying guide cover.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (76 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 discussion guide (17 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 28 cm.)
Format:DVD.
Audience:Not rated.
Production Credits:Edited by Rose Rosenblatt & Jeremy Stulberg ; photography by Gary Keith Griffin ; composer, Rick Baitz ; original songs written & performed by Barbara Lenn Jacobs.