The Revisionaries (2012)
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Reviews Counted: 11
Fresh: 10 | Rotten: 1
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Average Rating: 6.6/10
Critic Reviews: 6
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 1
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The Revisionaries showcases how public education has become the latest battleground in a new wave of cultural, religious and ideological clashes, with local Texas education board members advancing agendas of Creationism and other religious issues in public schools. This documentary highlights how their tactics have had the effect of rewriting key tenets of U.S. democracy and are affecting educational policies at the national level - for generations to come. -- (C) Kino Lorber
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Really a well-made dispatch from a long war.
Top CriticThurman presents a largely even-handed recounting, wisely letting folks - and events - speak for themselves.
Of all the scary movies you may see this month, none will be more chilling than Scott Thurman's documentary about the Texas State Board of Education.
An alarming, hilarious documentary ...
Such a feature-length bludgeoning, even in the service of basic social and scientific literacy, is truly discomfiting.
Offers a balanced view of the fight over science and U.S. history standards for Texas schools, but lacks the punch it might have achieved with a stronger point of view.
Due to redistricting, every position on the Texas State Board of Education is up for election on the November 2012 ballot. See The Revisionaries and become better informed about the subject, and then remember to cast your vote.
Scott Thurman captures not only the fear and anti-intellectual resentment and insecurity that govern the dictations of the far right, but also the rampant unchecked egotism.
At once an unsettling documentary and an enlightening one.
This frontline skirmish in the culture wars [over school textbooks] is the subject of Scott Thurman's engrossing documentary ... It's a symbolic fight of our times, making [the film] a compelling and involving work.
This doc's look at the avid Texas State Board of Education (led by a smalltown dentist), invested in rewriting school textbooks in order to push ultra-right wing agendas, is a disturbing must-see.
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The movie itself admits that if you want to influence the political and social fabric of a state for decades or even generations to come, taking control of the state board of education of Texas is a brilliant strategy. What it doesn't admit is that the left in America has been engaged in this process for a century. They are not against the tactic. They just don't like it when it is used against them.
We could solve this problem very easily. Get rid of public schools. The government should not be teaching anyones opinion but in a winner take all monopoly system, that is exactly what has to happen.
Lets get a voucher system in place so good teachers can finally get the pay they deserve and bad teachers can get another career. Parents can make their own decisions for their children.
If you disagree, remember this: the enemies of freedom always hate choice.
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