The Librarians Documentary: Screening

Join us for a screening of this powerful documentary following librarians on the front lines as they confront coordinated book bans, censorship, and threats to the freedom to read across the U.S.

The Librarians, the latest documentary from Oscar®-nominated director Kim A. Snyder, reveals how librarians have become frontline defenders of democracy and the First Amendment amid a surge of coordinated book bans across the United States. Through the lens of the Texas-based Krause List and its national ripple effects, the film spotlights librarians who courageously push back against censorship, harassment, and mounting political pressure. This powerful and timely film is a rallying cry for the freedom to read and a warning about the growing forces behind modern censorship.

The Librarians offers a rattling look at coordinated efforts to ban books. More importantly, it introduces viewers to the increasingly vital everyday heroes pushing back: the librarians who sound the alarm on both legislative and grassroots attempts to pull books from school and public libraries.

In Texas, the Krause List targets 850 books focused on race and LGBTQIA+ stories — triggering sweeping book bans across the U.S. at an unprecedented rate. As tensions escalate, librarians connect the dots between heated school and library board meetings nationwide to lay bare the underpinnings of extremism fueling the censorship efforts. Persevering in the face of harassment, threats and laws aimed at criminalizing their work, the librarians sound a rallying cry for freedom to read in this chilling cautionary tale. DIR/PROD Kim A. Snyder; PROD Maria Cuomo Cole, Jana Edelbaum, Janique L Robillard. U.S., 2025, color, 92 min. NOT RATED

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