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The Revisionaries, the documentary about the battles over evolution education at the Texas state board of education, will be playing at the Sarasota Film Society’s 23rd Annual Cine-World Film Festival<\/a> (flip to page 26 in the book). The screenings will be at noon on November 9 and at 2:00 p.m. on November 11, at Burns Court Cinemas and\/or Lakewood Ranch Cinemas (the website is unclear as to the exact venue) in Sarasota.<\/p>\n

A description of the film<\/a>: “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.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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