The Librarians
Hosted by THE LIBRARIANS
Virtual
When
Jan 10, 5:00 PM EST
Price
$15.00 USD per person
Available in
UM, US, CA
Language
English
Closed Captions
English
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The Librarians Screening & Online Right To Read Rally
Ring in the the New Year with THE LIBRARIANS! Named one of The Guardian's Top 50 Films of 2025 and a New York Times Critic's Pick, Director/Producer Kim A Snyder's award-winning documentary is "gripping... as well-crafted as it is profoundly alarming.”
Join us for our online screening premiere and an empowering conversation about ways you can tackle book banning in your community during our live virtual "Right to Read" rally featuring members of our film team, celebrated authors whose work has been banned, and inspiring leaders / grassroots organizers fighting to defend intellectual freedom. We're kicking off with a special introduction from key impact partner Jonathan Friedman of PEN America and speakers will include Academy Award nominated and Peabody Award winning Director/Producer KIM A SNYDER, #FReadom Fighting film participants including BECKY CALZADA (co-founder TX #FReadom Fighters and 2025 AASL President), MARTHA HICKSON (NJLA 2023 Librarian of the Year), and WESTON BROWN (author and activist).
Additional speakers being announced daily, so stay tuned and get your tickets today!
Event Participants
Carolyn Foote - Film Participant & Librarian
Co-Founder Texas #FReadom Fighters
Courtney Gore - Film Participant
Board President Granbury ISD
Sherry Luce - Red Wine & Blue
Pennsylvania Program Director
Emma Eriksson - Brooklyn Public Library, Books Unbanned
Manager, Youth Civic Engagement
Jonathan Friedman - PEN America
Director, U.S. Free Expression Programs
Becky Calzada - Film Participant & Librarian
TX #FReadom Fighters, 2024 AASL Pres.
Laney Hawes - Film Participant
Co-Founder TX Freedom to Read Project
Stephana Ferrell - Film Participant
Co-Founder FL Freedom to Read Project
Weston Brown
Film Participant & #FReadom Fighter
Martha Hickson
Film Participant & Librarian
Kim A. Snyder
Director / Producer of THE LIBRARIANS
About the film
The Librarians with Joyce Vance
How Censorship is Threatening Our Constitutional Rights at the Local Level
Exclusive access to a special screening and conversation hosted by Joyce Vance, former United States Attorney, professor of the practice of law at the University of Alabama school of law, and author of the "Civil Discourse" newsletter on Substack. Featuring Oscar-nominated Director/Producer Kim A Snyder alongside our courageous librarian/film participants Amanda Jones (LA) and Suzette Baker (TX), representing school and public libraries affected by the recent Fifth Circuit ruling which opened the door to a new era of book bans.
Read their TIME Op-Ed here and hear from them about:
How the "government speech doctrine" is being wielded in the Fifth Circuit and Florida
How state penal law is circumventing our First and Fourteenth amendment rights
How local coalitions are fighting back
How you can get involved in defending your local libraries
Genre
Documentary
Released
2025
Director
Kim A Snyder
Producer
Janique L Robillard, Jana Edelbaum, Maria Cuomo Cole, Kim A Snyder