| The Education of Shelby Knox |
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| Directed By:
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Marion Lipschutz and Rose Rosenblatt
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| Produced In:
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USA 2005
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| Running Time:
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90 minutes
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| Genre:
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Documentary
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| Language:
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English
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| Themes:
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Gender, LGBT, Youth Activism, Education, HIV/AIDS
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| Distributor:
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InCite Pictures
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Synopsis:
What's it like to be a Christian teenage girl today?
"The Education of Shelby Knox" profiles a young native of
Lubbock, Texas, on the rocky road through high school. At
15, Shelby pledges celibacy until marriage, but because
Lubbock has one of the highest teen pregnancy and STD
rates in the state, she also spearheads a campaign for
comprehensive sex education in the high schools, opposing
the established "abstinence-only" curriculum. When the
campaign broadens with a fight for a gay-straight alliance
club in the high school, Shelby confronts her parents and
her faith as she begins to understand how deeply personal
beliefs can inform political action.
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