The idea was simple enough: give the world a small taste of the political environment that college students face every day.
How many people outside academia realize the degree to which classrooms have become political platforms for professors? Who off campus hears that entire press runs of student newspapers routinely "disappear" because they contain opinions that challenge the campus orthodoxy? Who knew professors could be hounded out of their jobs simply for failing to register with the preferred political party?
While campus political correctness has been the subject of magazine articles and books, people rarely get a chance to see the students and professors who suffer very real punishment simply for holding the "incorrect" set of views. Never before have the excesses of the campus power structure been scrutinized in a feature-length documentary film.
Nearly three years ago, I teamed up with Stuart Browning and Blaine Greenberg to form On The Fence Films, specifically for the purpose of creating films that ask questions other filmmakers weren't. Our first planned feature-length film would cover the political environment on college campuses.
I am very happy to report that this film, Indoctrinate U, is now being shown to distributors and should be released this fall. We are also setting up a campus tour to coincide with the release; I'll be traveling to schools around the country screening the film.
- Film distributors interested in Indoctrinate U should contact Blaine Greenberg at:
- blaine (AT) onthefencefilms (DOT) com
- Students (or anyone affiliated with a college or university) who want to bring Indoctrinate U to their campus can request a screening.
Indoctrinate U covers a number of stories never before shown on screen. Some of the stories are bizarre and so hard to believe that you may end up researching them yourself. And if you do, you'll realize that the truth on campus truly is stranger than fiction. Sometimes it's funny, sometimes it's frightening, and sometimes, it's just plain depressing.
We haven't posted our trailer online yet, but in the meantime, here's a bit of a tease.
12 Jul 2006 @ 3:14am