Skip to content

Visit Your Local PBS Station PBS Home PBS Home Programs A-Z TV Schedules Watch Video Support PBS Shop PBS Search PBS

Additional Video

The Education of Shelby Knox — Talking Back

P.O.V. talked to teens around the country from California to New Jersey to get their take on sex and sex education.

  • Updated on December 29, 2009

Share This

Filmmakers

Marion Lipschutz

Marion Lipschutz

view interview »

Rose Rosenblatt

Rose Rosenblatt

What an intelligent, articulate, dedicated kid! Congratulations to her for working so hard & speaking out so forcefully on her issue, especially when so many people were trying to squelch her. I can't wait to see what she tackles next - it's people like her who make a difference in this world.”

— Jeanette, Milwaukee, WI

Film Update

Critical Acclaim

Shelby Knox is a brave, smart, independent high-school-age crusader for sex education in Lubbock, Texas. The movie is a pungent civics lesson on what can and cannot be accomplished by one plucky, idealistic girl.”

— Stephen Holden
The New York Times