The ABCs of Book Banning
Feb 16, 2024 | IMDB 6.3
27 min Watch NowDocumentary
In recent years, more than 2,500 books have been removed from school districts around the US, labeled as banned, restricted, or challenged, and made unavailable to millions of students. By no accident, the themes targeted are the usual scapegoats of the American Right—LGBTQ+ issues, Black History, and women’s empowerment—impeding the power of future generations to develop their own thoughts and opinions on critical social issues. By weaving together a lyrical montage of young readers and authors, THE ABCs OF BOOK BANNING reveals the voices of the impacted parties, and inspires hope for the future through the profound insights of inquisitive youthful minds.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory
The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat
Land Without Bread
June
Manda huevos
Night and Fog
Living in a Reversed World
Superpower
Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience
François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay
Fair Near "Holy Sunday" Church in Bitola
The Defilee of Army Orchestra, Carriages and Horsemen
The Doomsday Cult of Antares de la Luz
Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square
Daybreak Express
Framing Britney Spears
Inside Chernobyl with Ben Fogle
Shine On: The Forgotten Shining Location
Elizabeth Windsor
Junk Story
SIMILAR MOVIES
Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory
IMDB 6.7 | Mar , 1895
Working men and women leave through the main gate of the Lumière factory in Lyon, France. Filmed on 22 March 1895, it is often referred to as the first real motion picture ever made, although Louis Le Prince's 1888 Roundhay Garden Scene pre-dated it by seven years. Three separate versions of this film exist, which differ from one another in numerous ways. The first version features a carriage drawn by one horse, while in the second version the carriage is drawn by two horses, and there is no carriage at all in the third version. The clothing style is also different between the three versions, demonstrating the different seasons in which each was filmed. This film was made in the 35 mm format with an aspect ratio of 1.33:1, and at a speed of 16 frames per second. At that rate, the 17 meters of film length provided a duration of 46 seconds, holding a total of 800 frames.The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat
IMDB 7.1 | Jun , 1896
A group of people are standing along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a train. One is seen coming, at some distance, and eventually stops at the platform. Doors of the railway-cars open and attendants help passengers off and on. Popular legend has it that, when this film was shown, the first-night audience fled the café in terror, fearing being run over by the "approaching" train. This legend has since been identified as promotional embellishment, though there is evidence to suggest that people were astounded at the capabilities of the Lumières' cinématographe.Land Without Bread
IMDB 7 | Dec , 1933
An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extremadura, Spain, as it was in 1932. Insalubrity, misery and lack of opportunities provoke the emigration of young people and the solitude of those who remain in the desolation of one of the poorest and least developed Spanish regions at that time. (Silent short, voiced in 1937 and 1996.)June
IMDB 0 | Dec , 2024
A letter of love to my past self who discovered himself.Manda huevos
IMDB 8 | Sep , 2016
A look at the different masculinities portrayed in Spanish cinema through time. (A sequel to “Barefoot in the Kitchen,” 2013.)Night and Fog
IMDB 8.3 | Apr , 1959
Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps.Living in a Reversed World
IMDB 6 | Jan , 1958
Fascinating -- and unintentionally funny -- experiments at Austria's famed Institute for Experimental Psychology involve a subject who for several weeks wears special glasses that reverse right and left and up and down. Unexpectedly, these macabre and somehow surrealist experiments reveal that our perception of these aspects of vision is not of an optical nature and cannot be relied on, while the unfortunate, Kafkaesque subject stubbornly struggles through a morass of continuous failures.Superpower
IMDB 5.5 | Feb , 2023
Sean Penn and Aaron Kaufman’s documentary, shot just before and after Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24th February 2022, and featuring several interviews with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky.Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience
IMDB 6.9 | Oct , 2016
A celebration of the universe, displaying the whole of time, from its start to its final collapse. This film examines all that occurred to prepare the world that stands before us now: science and spirit, birth and death, the grand cosmos and the minute life systems of our planet.François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay
IMDB 7.7 | May , 2024
At the end of his life, gravely ill, François Truffaut took refuge with his ex-wife Madeleine Morgenstern. She tried to keep him occupied during his long agony. The filmmaker confided in his friend Claude de Givray, with the intention of writing his autobiography. Too weakened, he abandoned the project. The film reveals part of this final story.Fair Near "Holy Sunday" Church in Bitola
IMDB 5 | Sep , 1905
A short prior to World War I film which captures festivities at a fair near a church in Bitola.The Defilee of Army Orchestra, Carriages and Horsemen
IMDB 4.8 | Sep , 1908
Early Balkan footage.The Doomsday Cult of Antares de la Luz
IMDB 6.7 | Apr , 2024
Almost 10 years after being charged with a heinous crime, former members of a Chilean cult share their haunting experiences.Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square
IMDB 6.5 | Oct , 1998
This film illustrates the life of the film director, Shui-Bo Wang in The People's Republic of China. We learn of the life of the director in his own words and images from a child steeped in the values of Chinese communism exemplified by Chairman Mao, to a young man striving to live up to those ideals both as an artist and a soldier.Daybreak Express
IMDB 7.3 | Jan , 1953
Set to a classic Duke Ellington recording "Daybreak Express", this is a five-minute short of the soon-to-be-demolished Third Avenue elevated subway station in New York City.Framing Britney Spears
IMDB 7.2 | Feb , 2021
Her rise was a global phenomenon. Her downfall was a cruel national sport. People close to Britney Spears and lawyers tied to her conservatorship now reassess her career as she battles her father in court over who should control her life.Inside Chernobyl with Ben Fogle
IMDB 7.6 | Mar , 2021
Ben Fogle spends a week living inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, gaining privileged access to the doomed Control Room 4 where the disaster first began to unfold.Shine On: The Forgotten Shining Location
IMDB 8 | Jul , 2024
Almost 50 years after the film’s release, all the Overlook Hotel’s sets are thought to have been destroyed, but one last filming site remains.Elizabeth Windsor
IMDB 7.6 | May , 2022
Elizabeth Windsor tells the story of the girl who was never supposed to be Queen. Born the first daughter of 'the spare', the Duke of York, Princess Elizabeth's life was destined to be nothing more than a bit part in the privileged shadows of the British Royal family.Junk Story
IMDB 6.8 | May , 2015
A look back at the life and career of Japanese guitarist hide, who died under questionable circumstances in 1998.