Yes Son That is a Lion(film)
Artist: Newfound High School Film Club
Year: 2014
Date of Action: May 2014
Region: North America
Location: Bristol, NH
Subject: Political/Economic/Social Opinion, Youth
Medium: Film/Video "Film/Video" is not in the list (Commercial Advertising, Dance, Design, Installation, Journalism, Literature, Mixed Media, Music, Online, Painting, ...) of allowed values for the "Has medium" property.
Confronting Bodies: Newfound Area School District
Description of Artwork: A film in the style of sketch comedy produced by high school students as part of their film club.
The Incident: The club was disbanded because it did not advance “student performance in core academic subjects like reading and mathematics” or “complement their regular academic program.” The material within the film was called "inappropriate."
Results of Incident: NCAC wrote a letter to the school district stating that it was broaching a First Amendment issue.
Source:
• http://ncac.org/incident/school-film-club-disbanded-in-new-hampshire/
