Documentary filmmaker Judd Ehrlich interviewed in Sundance
Jane Elliott Against the World is a 2026 American documentary film directed and produced by Judd Ehrlich, with producers Max Powers and Elena Gaby. It is world premiering in the Premieres section at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival.
A rural Iowa schoolteacher, Jane Elliott, becomes a national voice against racism after leading a controversial 1968 lesson in discrimination with her all-white third-grade class, and continues speaking out as she approaches age 90 amid contemporary debates about race, history, and power.