The Monkey Trial: John Scopes and the Battle over Teaching Evolution

The riveting examination of the notorious trial of a teacher whose arrest for teaching science reverberates to this day.

Highlighting the quiet dignity of a teacher who stood up for his students’ right to learn, Anita Sanchez captures the passion, personalities, and pageantry of the infamous “Monkey Trial.” When John Scopes defied Tennessee state law to teach his students about evolution in 1925, his resulting trial ignited a firestorm. A breathless international audience followed every deta...