It's Elementary: Talking About Gay Issues in School (1996)
May 20, 1996Release Date
It's Elementary: Talking About Gay Issues in School (1996)
May 20, 1996Release Date

Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.

Bob Smith
Self

Debra Chasnoff
Director / Writer / Producer

Helen Cohen
Producer

Brian Stover
Student

Kim Klausner
Consulting Producer

Emily Swaab
Associate Producer

Jon Herbst
Music

Rick Butler
Cinematography

Rick Butler
Cinematographer

Stephen McCarthy
Cinematography

Stephen McCarthy
Cinematographer

Patsy Northcutt
Cinematography

Patsy Northcutt
Cinematographer

Fred Wessel
Cinematography

Fawn Yacker
Cinematography

Shirley Thompson
Editor

Alex Zakrzewski
Cinematography

Shirley Thompson
Editor

Lisa Baro
Assistant Sound Editor

Fred Burnham
Sound

Samuel Lehmer
Sound Mixer

Margaret Long
Sound

Barbara McBane
Sound Editor

Donald O. Mitchell
Sound

Lauretta Molitor
Sound

Dan Olmsted
Sound Mixer

Pat Sielski
Sound

M.T. Silvia
Assistant Sound Editor

J.T. Takagi
Sound

Jennifer L. Ware
Sound Supervisor

Mark Wlodarkeiwicz
Sound Editor

Dave Murray
Graphic Designer

Winnie O'Brien
Title Designer

Ed Rudolph
Graphic Designer

Richard Sloss
Graphic Designer

Vicky Funari
Assistant Editor

Lisa Ginsburg
Additional Editor

Michal Goralsky
Assistant Editor

Alisa Weiner
Assistant Editor

Marta Wohl
Editor

Elizabeth Seja Min
Music Consultant

Team Bashet
Production Assistant

Sarah Bay
Producer's Assistant

Ariella J. Ben-Dov
Producer's Assistant

Phyllis Brown
Production Assistant

Peter Poulos
Development Manager

Alix Sabin
Development Manager

Cliff Traiman
Production Assistant

John Duvall
Sound

Ronald Mitchell
Sound

Kenn Rabin
Researcher

Andy Kivel
Researcher

Kumiko Sato
Production Assistant

Kevin Burke
Director of Photography
Details.
This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
It's Elementary: Talking About Gay Issues in School is a 1996 American documentary film directed by Debra Chasnoff and Helen Cohen. It provides educators with information on how to teach elementary schoolchildren to be tolerant of gay and lesbian people. The film was noted as the "first of its kind" and was generally well received, although there was some backlash from conservatives. It was released in several film festivals, and had screenings in the 2000s.
The documentary received little support from PBS, owing to backlash from the American Family Association. Prior to airing the film, television stations received calls, letters, and e-mails from people who did not want PBS program directors to broadcast It's Elementary. The film was awarded the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Documentary, Best Documentary at the Reeling Film Festival, and the Silver Spire from the San Francisco International Film Festival, among other awards. The film had two sequels: That's a Family! and It's Still Elementary.