Last week, students from the International Congress of Youth Voices got to meet, and ask questions of, Chelsea Clinton, who was swinging through the Bay Area supporting Start Now! a new book she’s written about youth activism. The event, in the San Ramon High School gym — go Wolves — was weirdly therapeutic. Chelsea is just solid, and the Congress delegates — Kenan, Aniya, and Jeronimo — were on point. The event was moderated by the handsome and purpley Glynn Washington. -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!