The Revisionaries Page #9

Synopsis: The Revisionaries looks at the politicization of the Texas Board of Education and how a few conservatives on the Board have been pushing to change textbook requirements to reflect their ideology. They demand creationist friendly language against the theory of evolution and push Christianity and capitalism into the teaching of social studies.
Director(s): Scott Thurman
Production: Kino Lorber
  2 wins & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Metacritic:
70
Rotten Tomatoes:
92%
NOT RATED
Year:
2012
92 min
$21,731
Website
882 Views


they're gonna learn

for the first time

the real history.

There is no way

that we can go forward

with this document.

It's not representative

of my district.

It's not representative of...

Explain instances

of institutional racism

in American society.

All those opposed.

The amendment fails.

We don't want to talk

about discrimination.

So there!

These books?

Oh, we don't want

to read these.

My gosh!

[thud]

I am ashamed

of what we have done

to the teachers

and to the students

of this state.

The Board is open

for the vote.

We're voting on second reading

and final adoption

of chapter 113,

sub-chapter 'C'...

High school, as amended.

9 to 5.

Motion carries.

At least in science,

we were able to hold

a majority of eight

to not let

the far-right faction win

every vote

every time

and win the day.

On history,

because they attacked it

from all angles

and all sides,

because every

far-right Board member

brought amendments

to the table,

it was devastating.

I have to say that the folks

in my office

probably spent two weeks

nursing our wounds,

'Cause it was just...

it was a really brutal fight.

I enjoyed my time

on the Board.

However,

it was a lot of work,

and I did it

as public service.

and I'd like

to step back and say,

okay, I did the best

that I could

in the job

that I was given

in the framework

that we operate in.

But looking down the road,

do I think that education,

which is inherently religious,

is something that has to be

a primary secular purpose

when that goes against

the religious ideology

of the majority of Americans?

Their godless left-wing culture

has taken over

the mainstream media.

They have taken over

our universities.

Thousands of professors

have converted our universities

into left-wing seminaries.

And for the last two years,

with the help

of their young converts,

these so-called experts

have taken over

our national government.

Well, I disagree

with those experts.

Somebody's got to stand up

to experts.

[cheers]

You are the last best hope.

It is your activism

that is the last best hope

for keeping Texas

new curriculum standards.

Texas new curriculum standards

are the last best hope

for American education.

and American education

is the last best hope

for America,

which is the last best hope

of earth.

Thank you.

[cheers]

Thank you, Don.

dd

d I am a man

d 'with' constant sorrow

d I've seen trouble

d all my day

One of the nice things

about being a dentist

is when you, uh...

I have an audience every day,

every morn...

you know, all day long,

I have about seven or eight

different people

that I get to practice on.

and they can't do

much talking back.

I know.

it's just wonderful.

Yeah, they're cap...

You've got a captive audience,

Don't you?

And most of 'em are

ideologically aligned with me,

And if they're not,

they need to hear it anyway,

right?

dd

dd

How are y'all doing?

Good.

How are you?

Okay.

There you go.

Hey, good.

I'm out here trying to get

people to vote for me.

I hope they will.

There's some professors

that have been running radio ads,

and I've heard three of 'em

just this morning

In the little bit of the radio

I've listened to.

And they mocked me.

It's amazing.

They say, "hey, Texans",

and it's a real hillbilly voice.

"Hey, Texans,

we have a problem.

"Don McLeroy serves

on the State Board of Education.

"He believes the earth's

less than 10,000 years old

and that men

walked with dinosaurs. "

And guess what they call

themselves.

"the Citizens for a Smart

State Board of Education. "

Hi.

Appreciate your support

for State Board Education.

Thanks for coming out today.

Hi.

Appreciate your vote

for State Board Education.

All right, we're going over

to the student center

Over at Texas A&M.

So here's the campus.

Are you voting?

Yes.

Oh, vote for Don McLeroy

for State Board of Education, OK?

Thank you.

See, you could see she was a voter.

I mean...

How can you tell?

'Cause she wasn't going to class.

Keep the State Board

of Education smart.

Vote against Don McLeroy

in the Republican primary.

Ha, ha!

But on the fifth day,

He creates the breath of life.

The creatures.

'Cause he makes fish and birds.

Alright!

Hey, Texans, we have a problem.

Don McLeroy.

58.76... 41.24.

I'll take it. Let's go eat.

Whew. I'm behind.

OK, OK. See you later.

dd [piano]

dd

Collin county...

He's ahead by 300.

Here's mine.

I'm behind.

That's not good.

Ah, I don't know what to do.

Heh! Just gonna pace the floor.

dd

dd

[birds]

Lord, we thank you

for the opportunity we have

to study your word.

Your word is the truth.

It is the absolute truth.

We know it's the truth.

We got lots of reasons for it.

One of 'em is from the lesson

we see today.

We're gonna talk about the flood,

The judgment of the flood of Noah.

The main thing you got to

realize about this lesson is,

this is sin.

God's gonna destroy it.

But he's gonna save 8 people

And a bunch of critters, OK?

And what's the purpose of it?

To judge sin.

They actually show

what it could be.

You got storage on the top.

You got the bottom deck...

would be all the poop, right?

And the middle deck would be

where all the critters live,

right?

And so then they could shovel

all that poop

Down in there, right?

And then Noah and the grains...

They could live up there.

And they could go

along the top, maybe,

and just put some food in

for the critters, alright?

Make sense? Three decks?

Yep.

Pretty smart to me!

Pretty good design!

People don't think

there was enough room

for all the animals on the ark.

What do y'all think?

- Yes.

- I think there was.

You think there was?

Let's go to the park.

We're gonna have some fun.

Come on.

- Ooh, park.

- Whoo-hoo!

What about dinosaurs?

Were dinosaurs on the ark?

- No.

- Sure they were! We don't know!

We'll have 4 cones

For the 4 corners of the ark.

And then we'll see how many animals

You all can think of

to see if you can fill it up,

Okay?

Start thinkin' of critters.

Think of all the critters.

- Deer!

- A bird!

- Deers!

Oh, deers!

- Antelope.

- Fox!

Antelopes.

- Monkeys!

- Caribou!

- Caribous.

- Zebras.

- Zebras!

Aw, man, here we go.

Antelopes. Mountain goats.

What else?

- Rams.

- Rams? Okay.

- Boars.

- Boars!

Oh, and the pigs, the wild pigs.

- Beavers.

- Beavers.

There you go.

- Platypus!

- Platypuses.

Scorpions. Iguanas.

- Crickets!

- Monkeys!

I will tell you this:

it is an absolute fact

that there is plenty of room

for all the creatures

to have fit on that ark.

Plenty of room for two of each.

- How high?

- Ostrich.

One, two, three, four.

dd [guitar]

dd

...and will, to the best of my ability,

Protect, defend,

and preserve

the constitution and laws

of the United States.

[all]

The constitution and laws

of the United States.

And of this state.

And of this state.

So help me God.

So help me God.

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