Not everyone knows that Judd Apatow more or less single-handedly raised the funds necessary to build 826LA’s magnificent site in Echo Park. Since then, he’s edited a book (I Found This Funny) to benefit 826, and has put on multiple fundraisers for LA and the programs across the country. Yesterday he was performing in Minneapolis, and took the time to stop by the Mid-Continent Oceanographic Institute, where he met students and posed next to the eternal question we all face daily regarding hugs and fish. Thank you, Judd. -D.E.
TO BE DESTROYED | WORLD PREMIERe!
To Be Destroyed is a documentary that 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."
This film will premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. Learn more and buy tickets here!