To Be Destroyed
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- Directed by: Arthur Bradford
- Released: 2024 (educational)
- Year of Production: 2023
Running Time: 60 min
Language: English
Subtitle Options: English Closed Captions
Subjects: US Education System, American Studies,
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To Be Destroyed follows author Dave Eggers as he meets with students and teachers in the Rapid City, SD school district where his novel, The Circle, was pulled from shelves along with works by Alison Bechdel, Stephen Chbosky, Bernardine Evaristo, and Imbolo Mbue. Through footage of heated school board meetings, community rallies and interviews with locals, we learn how these books were designated “to be destroyed”.
NBC Original and Tribeca 2024 Official Selection
About the filmmaker
Arthur Bradford is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker, director of 6 Days to Air, How’s Your News?, and the forthcoming Saving Casa Bonita (wt). He is also the author of two books, Dogwalker (Knopf) and Turtleface (FSG). He first met Dave Eggers in the late 1990s after publishing stories in his journal, McSweeney’s. Arthur founded Sweet Relief Productions with producer Jen Ollman in 2012.
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