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Story summary
- Adrian Gillette, eighth grader from Bettendorf, Iowa, won third place in a documentary competition for a film on school book bans.
- His film centers on Island Trees Union Free School District v. Pico, the Supreme Court case about removing books from school libraries.
- Gillette joined Next Generation Angels Awards mentorship program after meeting Ken Burns to discuss documentary techniques and school censorship, beginning a project about Sesame Street's integrated cast.
