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Libertarian Movies, Films & Documentaries

Schoolhouse Rocked: The Homeschool Revolution | Documentary

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Education experts and parents are interviewed regarding the benefits of homeschooling and resources available to support it. [ Schoolhouse Rocked: The Homeschool Revolution credits: Dir: Garritt Hampton/ Yvette Hampton, Heidi St. John, Sam Sorbo/ 97 min/ Documentary/ Government Schools/ 2021] External Reviews “Schoolhouse Rocked will rock your educational world to the … [Read more...]

Miss Virginia | Film

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A young mother (Virginia Walden Ford) fights a pitched, ultimately victorious, battle with educational authorities to create the District of Columbia voucher program. Based on a true story. [ Miss Virginia credits: Dir: R.J. Daniel Hanna/ Nadji Jeter, Matthew Modine, Aunjanue Ellis/ 102 min/ Biography, Drama/ Government Schools/ 2019] External Reviews "A heartfelt ode to … [Read more...]

The Lottery | Film Review

the lottery

Five NYC students enter a lottery for acceptance to a local charter school, their only hope of escaping a government school system otherwise fully in the self-serving grip of the teachers union…but not all will win their ticket out of the education-industrial complex. [ The Lottery credits: Dir: Madeleine Sackler/ 81 min/ Documentary/ Government schools, Incompetent government/ … [Read more...]

School Inc. (2017)

Why doesn't the education sector innovate like other economic sectors and industries?  Cato's Andrew Coulson investigates. [ School Inc. credits: Dir: Andrew Coulson/ 180 min/ Documentary/ Government Schools] External Reviews "School Inc. is a wonderful three hours, reaching back years to America's first experiments in education and traveling the world to look at schools … [Read more...]

The Rubber Room (2010)

rubber room

A little-known policy of NYC schools consigns teachers accused of misconduct to special 'rubber rooms' where they do nothing, at full pay, while investigations drag on in some cases for years. [ The Rubber Room credits: Dir: Justin Cegnar, Jeremy Garrett/ 87 min/ Documentary/ Government Schools, Working for Government, Incompetent Government] External Reviews "Two … [Read more...]

Building the Machine (2014)

Building the Machine

A critical review of the Common Core States Initiative and its effect on U.S. education. [ Building the Machine credits: Dir: Ian Reid/ 70 min/ Documentary/ Government Schools] External Reviews "Building the Machine is viscerally insightful about the nature of Common Core." --IJ Review "The film offers clarity to an initiative that is little known by the American … [Read more...]

Waiting for Superman (2010)

waiting for superman

Several students apply to local charter schools, in order to escape the thoroughly broken and self-serving state-managed institutions that otherwise are their unhappy destiny…but not all who apply will make it out. [ Waiting for Superman credits: Dir: Davis Guggenheim/ 111min/ Documentary/ Government schools, Incompetent government] External Reviews "Waiting for Superman … [Read more...]

The Cartel (2009)

The Cartel

WINNER: TOP 25 LIBERTARIAN DOCUMENTARIES Reporter Bob Bowdon investigates corruption, waste, and intimidation in U.S. public schools...and finds plenty. [ The Cartel credits: Dir: Bob Bowdon/ 90 min/ Documentary/ Government schools, Incompetent government, Unions & monopolies] External Reviews "“Brisk, incisive and mind-boggling…” --Los Angeles Times "...explodes … [Read more...]

Teachers (1984)

Teachers

A public high school fails to educate its students, due to apathy, corruption, and incompetence. [ Teachers credits: Dir: Arthur Hiller/ Nick Nolte, JoBeth Williams, Judd Hirsch, Ralph Macchio/ 106 min/ Drama/ Government Schools, Incompetent Government, Working for Government] “An effective indictment of the public school system." “The damn school wasn’t built for us, … [Read more...]

The Marva Collins Story (1981)

Frustrated with the failure of the public school system, a public school teacher starts her own private school. Based on a true story. [ The Marva Collins Story credits: Dir: Peter Levin/ Cicely Tyson, Morgan Freeman / 100 min/ Drama, Biography/ Government Schools, Incompetent Government, Voluntarism] Marva Collins, a Chicago public school teacher, started “Westside … [Read more...]

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The Stranger (1946)

A post-WWII war crimes official hunts down a little-known escaped Nazi: the man who secretly planned and managed the Holocaust. [ The Stranger credits: Dir: Orson Welles/ Orson Welles, Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young/ 95 min/ Drama, Thriller/ Democide] “I will not spoil this tightly-crafted cat and … Continue Reading

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This site is a collection of films and documentaries of particular interest to libertarians (and those interested in libertarianism). It began as a book, Miss Liberty’s Guide to Film: Movies for the Libertarian Millennium, where many of the recommended films were first reviewed. The current collection has grown to now more than double the number in that original list, and it’s growing still.

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