At Booker High School, a diverse group of students are tired of seeing their freedoms taken away. Holden Donovan is fed up with Principal Weller, who goes to great lengths to stop the students from exercising their right to free expression. The students have an ally in Mr. Drucker one of their teachers who encourages them to fight for their rights. He pays a price for his leadership and is fired by Principal Weller. He decides to use his dismissal to make a change of his own, by producing a documentary chronicling the experiences of students who are faced with similar issues.