Really good! Highly recommend! So interesting to see the amount of books that are banned, challenged, and restricted when are not necessary.

Really good! Highly recommend! So interesting to see the amount of books that are banned, challenged, and restricted when are not necessary.

Definitely against book banning, but this is also a very mid at best documentary

Definitely against book banning, but this is also a very mid at best documentary

Spineless, flaccid, and limp, The ABCs of Book Banning is about as bold and noble as any other piece of documentary filmmaking intended too coo and coddle easily discouraged liberals with assurances that, hey, don’t worry, we know you’re tolerant and kind, the fucking bare minimum. The film focuses primarily on the youths affected by the book bans as if we needed comfort from a child to know that our outrage is warranted. Aside from the impassioned town hall speech from the widowed wife of a WWII vet, there is no hard hitting documentary filmmaking to be had here. The heavy subject requires teeth and claws and this film has neither and doesn’t even try to use their mealy-mouth to gum at the culprits behind the banning with.

The only thing that probably got the reaction out of me that directors wanted were various excerpts from banned, restricted, and challenged books. The ones that affected me were from books I had already read and are intimately familiar with, a testament to the writing themselves rather than this film.

Spineless, flaccid, and limp, The ABCs of Book Banning is about as bold and noble as any other piece of documentary filmmaking intended too coo and coddle easily discouraged liberals with assurances that, hey, don’t worry, we know you’re tolerant and kind, the fucking bare minimum. The film focuses primarily on the youths affected by the book bans as if we needed comfort from a child to know that our outrage is warranted. Aside from the impassioned town hall speech from the widowed wife of a WWII vet, there is no hard hitting documentary filmmaking to be had here. The heavy subject requires teeth and claws and this film has neither and doesn’t even try to use their mealy-mouth to gum at the culprits behind the banning with.

The only thing that probably got the reaction out of me that directors wanted were various excerpts from banned, restricted, and challenged books. The ones that affected me were from books I had already read and are intimately familiar with, a testament to the writing themselves rather than this film.

[2024 Oscar Nominated Documentary Short Films]

When I finished this, I was asking myself why this was even nominated for an Oscar. At first I thought, maybe there was only 5 documentary short films and so it was nominated by default. But then it hit me, the ONLY reason why this is nominated is because it pushes the liberal agenda. I don’t like to be political, but when a short film is political, I think it’s safe to take it and review it politically.

They forget to realize that most of these banned books are because they just aren’t suitable for children. The line “You raise your child either racist or antiracist- there’s no neutrality” is just insane to me. If I become a parent and see my child reading this, I would be disappointed. Not in my child, but the fact that the schools would be letting my child read it. Them really believing that graphically showing police brutality is what kids need to see. And the one that really stirs the pot and is just my opinion, they really want to push LGBTQ onto our children and it’s ludicrous. My child does not need to be worrying about their sexual identity when they can’t even dress themselves. And them bringing in children (who are very clearly being told what to say) to speak out against this situation is disgusting and are only here to make us feel sorry that their nonsense isn’t being spread to our young generation. It’s just sad.

I wanted to put this in its own paragraph because it needs to be addressed. It infuriates me that they get mad when we speak out against them wanting to push LGBTQ onto our kids but when it comes down to us bringing our kids to church, it’s a problem. Yes, maybe we’re both hypocritical, but teach your kid whatever you want and we’ll teach our kid our way. Don’t try to force it onto others, it’s rude and disrespectful towards the people who are raising the child.

Lastly, this documentary is so disorganized and lazy. The effort put into this really just fits the narrative they are trying to push.

Soundtrack: N/A

[2024 Oscar Nominated Documentary Short Films]

When I finished this, I was asking myself why this was even nominated for an Oscar. At first I thought, maybe there was only 5 documentary short films and so it was nominated by default. But then it hit me, the ONLY reason why this is nominated is because it pushes the liberal agenda. I don’t like to be political, but when a short film is political, I think it’s safe to take it and review it politically.

They forget to realize that most of these banned books are because they just aren’t suitable for children. The line “You raise your child either racist or antiracist- there’s no neutrality” is just insane to me. If I become a parent and see my child reading this, I would be disappointed. Not in my child, but the fact that the schools would be letting my child read it. Them really believing that graphically showing police brutality is what kids need to see. And the one that really stirs the pot and is just my opinion, they really want to push LGBTQ onto our children and it’s ludicrous. My child does not need to be worrying about their sexual identity when they can’t even dress themselves. And them bringing in children (who are very clearly being told what to say) to speak out against this situation is disgusting and are only here to make us feel sorry that their nonsense isn’t being spread to our young generation. It’s just sad.

I wanted to put this in its own paragraph because it needs to be addressed. It infuriates me that they get mad when we speak out against them wanting to push LGBTQ onto our kids but when it comes down to us bringing our kids to church, it’s a problem. Yes, maybe we’re both hypocritical, but teach your kid whatever you want and we’ll teach our kid our way. Don’t try to force it onto others, it’s rude and disrespectful towards the people who are raising the child.

Lastly, this documentary is so disorganized and lazy. The effort put into this really just fits the narrative they are trying to push.

Soundtrack: N/A

I agree: banning books is bad. But this is a glorified slideshow and if it wins the Oscar I’m gonna be pissed. It’s well intentioned, but this is just a poorly made documentary.

I agree: banning books is bad. But this is a glorified slideshow and if it wins the Oscar I’m gonna be pissed. It’s well intentioned, but this is just a poorly made documentary.