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The Education of Shelby Knox

When Texas teenager Shelby Knox joins a youth group on a campaign for better sex education in high schools, she begins to question her deeply conservative Southern Baptist upbringing.

Series

POV

Premiere Date

June 21, 2005

Length

90 minutes

Funding Type

Co-Production

Awards & Recognition

Winner

2005 Sundance Film Festival - American Excellence in Cinematography Award, Documentary

Winner

2005 South by Southwest Film Festival (SXSW) - Audience Award (Lone Star States)

Texas teenager Shelby Knox joins a youth group on a campaign for better sex education in Lubbock high schools. As Shelby is swept into the fight, she begins to question her deeply conservative Southern Baptist upbringing. When the campaign broadens to include a fight for a gay-straight alliance, Shelby must finally confront her family and a local youth pastor in this coming of age story.