Expert interviewees
Stephanie Bell
Vernadette Broyles, ESQ.
Vernadette Broyles, ESQ.
Member of the Alabama State Board of Education since 1994.
Vernadette Broyles, ESQ.
Vernadette Broyles, ESQ.
Vernadette Broyles, ESQ.
President and General Counsel, Child & Parental Rights Campaign
Karen England
Vernadette Broyles, ESQ.
Karen England
Executive Director, Capitol Resource Institute and the Nevada Family Alliance.
April Few
Dr. Mary Grabar
Karen England
A young mother of two small children, April is the film's protagonist.
Sheri Few
Dr. Mary Grabar
Dr. Mary Grabar
Founder and President, United States Parents Involved in Education
Dr. Mary Grabar
Dr. Mary Grabar
Dr. Mary Grabar
Author of "Debunking Howard Zinn," founder of the Dissident Prof Education Project.
Donna Hearne
Donna Hearne
Donna Hearne
Author, "The Long War & Common Core, founder of The Constitutional Coalition.
E. Ray Moore
Donna Hearne
Donna Hearne
Author of "Let My Children Go," founder and president of the Exodus Mandate.
Alex Newman
Donna Hearne
Dr. Duke Pesta
Author of "Crimes of the Educators," award-winning journalist, educator, and speaker.
Dr. Duke Pesta
Jarrett Stepman
Dr. Duke Pesta
Director of FreedomProject Academy, professor of English at the University of Wisconsin
Sam Sorbo
Jarrett Stepman
Jarrett Stepman
Author of "They're Your Kids," actress, filmmaker, and homeschooling advocate.
Jarrett Stepman
Jarrett Stepman
Jarrett Stepman
Author of "The War on History," journalist, columnist for The Daily Signal.
Dr. Carol Swain
Lily Tang Williams
Dr. Gary Thompson
Author of "Black Eye for America," Vice Chair of the 1776 Commission.
Dr. Gary Thompson
Lily Tang Williams
Dr. Gary Thompson
Child Psychologist, outspoken critic of Critical Race Theory
Lily Tang Williams
Lily Tang Williams
Lily Tang Williams
Former Chinese lawyer and professor, chair of New Hampshire Asian American Coalition.
GREAT COMMISSION FILMS
Truth & Lies in American Education is the second feature-length documentary film about American education produced and directed by Joaquin Fernandez, founder of Great Commission Films. In 2011, Joaquin co-produced the award-winning documentary film, IndoctriNation: Public Schools and the Decline of Christianity in America, which reached hundreds of thousands of people in over 40 countries.
His upcoming documentary film, Hero in America: Dr. Kishore and the Epidemic of Greed, will address another critically important issue—how to deal with our nation’s current opioid epidemic.
Joaquin’s film work has taken him all over America, and to Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America. After studying filmmaking at New York University, Joaquin worked for various multinational advertising agencies in Miami, Florida, and has provided communications solutions for higher education, government, and non-profit clients, and has produced several documentary specials.
Joaquin’s team of seasoned professionals includes experienced cinematographers, editors, story consultants, animators and other post-production experts with impressive credentials of their own: