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Showcasing documentary films that speak to attacks on public education, book bans, censorship, marginalization of th LGBTIQA+ community, and the fight for intellectual freedom.

This year, in celebration of Pride month, we’re expanding the festival to include a number of documentary films that speak out against injustice, book banning, and the stifling of free speech.

We hope the films we air will reach hundreds of thousands of activists and will inspire them to join us in our fight to save public education.

Film Selections:
BANNED TOGETHER
Three brave teens and their adult allies fight to restore 97 banned books in their school district. The film exposes the national forces behind modern censorship and follows a grassroots journey into full-blown activism.
Runtime: 1hr 30m

Backpack Full of Cash
Narrated by Matt Damon, "BACKPACK FULL OF CASH" is a documentary exposing the privatization of public schools and its impact on vulnerable children. It reveals how corporate-driven education reform is jeopardizing underfunded public education.
Runtime: 1h 36m


CLOSURE
Massive budget cuts, mergers, and political attacks are closing Wisconsin’s two-year community colleges. Closure explores the impact of these closures and whether they can be stopped.
Runtime: Feature Length

Locker Room Talk
Following a high school football team over a season, this film challenges toxic masculinity through storytelling, revealing vulnerability, growth, and a redefinition of manhood.
Runtime: 41m

Save Blasco!
A rural community unites to save their beloved public library from being taken over by Gannon University. A stirring story of civic resistance and local organizing.
Runtime: 1hr

Scars of a Putsch
A personal and political investigation into the legacy of Turkey’s 1980 military coup through the scars borne by a revolutionary — the filmmaker’s husband.
Runtime: 1h 40m