Synopsis: Once in a decade, the 15 members of the Texas State Board of Education meet in Austin to revise the textbook standards for five million schoolchildren. Led by Don McLeroy, a Young-Earth Creationist and Evangelical Christian, the panel implements standards that will ultimately go into effect in science and history textbooks for schoolchildren across the nation. "The Revisionaries" is a galvanizing peek behind the curtain at the politicization of education. [Synopsis courtesy of Tribeca]
Kino Lorber has acquired all North American rights to Scott Thurman's topical documentary "The Revisionaries." According to Eric Kohn who reviewed it at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival, the film is an "enthralling look at the resistance to the theory of evolution among prominent members of the Texas ...
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