Saturday, October 10, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Vidiots, Los Angeles
**Screenwriters**: Ivete Lucas, Leah Marino **Producers**: Holly Herrick, Harry W. Hanbury, Patrick Bresnan, Zackary Drucker When Florida Governor Ron DeSantis stages a coup at New College, the state’s beloved public honors college, students and professors confront a new reality: their campus is ground zero in an unprecedented nationwide assault on academic freedom and diversity. *First They Came for My College* tells the inside story of the right-wing campaign to “reconquer” higher education in America. New College of Florida was the first public college to be transformed by a political coup – a blueprint for our new era of unprecedented censorship and political interference in academia. By embedding with the student newspaper, an outspoken professor, and students from all sides of the political spectrum, this verité feature reveals a microcosm of America’s culture wars and serves as an essential document for students today grappling with their moment in history.