{"id":42574,"date":"2024-02-09T12:14:18","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T17:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=42574"},"modified":"2024-02-09T12:14:18","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T17:14:18","slug":"the-abcs-of-book-banning-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/09\/the-abcs-of-book-banning-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"The ABC\u2019s of Book Banning (2023)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/abcsofbookbanning.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-42575\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/abcsofbookbanning.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"354\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3wbLfDf\"><strong>Can now be Streamed on Paramount Plus.<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Director Sheila Nevins\u2019 Oscar nominated short is an Important film and one that provides a scathing indictment of the American Education system and our head on collision with fascism and anti-intellectualism across the board. With the rise of smaller special interest groups, the idea of book banning has become a niche topic for aspiring politicians seeking power, thus creating a maelstrom of controversy. Rather than comment on the entire absurdity herself, director Nevins hands the platform over to a group of prepubescent children.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s refreshing is that these children aren\u2019t just mature, but they\u2019re absolutely intelligent. They view learning about other cultures and lifestyles as an opportunity rather than sinister. Every child that sits down with the camera is treated to one of the books that have been banned, and they offer up their own unbiased commentary. So much of it is to prove that children understand what they approve and don\u2019t approve of, and any notion that they can be \u201cgroomed\u201d is nothing more than an effort to demonize the whole concept of learning.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Rather than nurture ignorance, we really should be encouraging explorations of all kinds, and the sheer concept of banning even one book is a disservice to our children. Nevins juxtaposes the interviews with a speech by one hundred year old Grace Linn who staggers in to a meeting with her town hall in Florida to use what strength she has to stress the dangers of banning books and how it\u2019s one step further in to a horrifying direction for America. Let\u2019s hope her husband\u2019s dedication to fighting for us in the war didn\u2019t amount to nothing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can now be Streamed on Paramount Plus.\u00a0 Director Sheila Nevins\u2019 Oscar nominated short is an Important film and one that provides a scathing indictment of the American Education system and our head on collision with fascism and anti-intellectualism across the board. With the rise of smaller special interest groups, the idea of book banning has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[292,316,469,938],"class_list":["post-42574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-movie-reviews","tag-documentary","tag-education","tag-history","tag-short-film"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42574"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42576,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42574\/revisions\/42576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}