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The ABCs of Book Banning

The ABCs of Book Banning

2023Short⏱️ 27mTV-PG
DocumentaryShort
6.3
IMDB Rating
1,361 votes

Reveals the voices of the impacted parties of books banned from school districts, inspiring hope for the future through the profound insights of inquisitive youthful minds.

Director
N/A
Writers
N/A
Stars
Grace Linn, Ruth Anne, Mallory
Release Date
November 21, 2023
Language
English
Country
United States
🎯 5
Nominations
💬 8
Reviews
📋 1.6K
Watchlists
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🎭 Top Cast

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Grace Linn
as Self - 100 yrs old
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Ruth Anne
as Self - 10 yrs old
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Mallory
as Self - 10 yrs old
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Rowan
as Self - 9 yrs old
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Eloise
as Self - 9 yrs old
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Justin Richardson
as Self - Author, and tango makes three
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Peter Parnell
as Self - Author, and tango makes three
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Ridley
as Self - 8 yrs old
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Korben
as Self - 7 yrs old
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June D.
as Self - 8 yrs old

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.78 : 1
Color
Color
Production
MTV Documentary Films, Ruby River Productions

🏷️ Keywords

bookbook banningbook burningreference to james baldwinreference to anne frank

🎯 Categories

DocumentaryShort

⭐ Featured Review

Documentary built on a faulty premise based on the pieties of a certain political class.
by yavoyavo2024-02-01
1/10

"I watched this to see if they had anything new to say about the subject, my skepticism wasn't disappointed. The idea that books are banned is a modern progressive piety when the boomer "banned books" reading list is required syllabus reading, and even that has under their influenced waned to the point where it is more likely a kid has read Harry Potter than 1984, never mind anything harder like Solzhenitsyn. The books in the documentary are all found in big box stores, "my 2 gay penguin dads", they are so not banned they are corporate approved, we are long past the po..."

📖 Synopsis

Reveals the voices of the impacted parties of books banned from school districts, inspiring hope for the future through the profound insights of inquisitive youthful minds.