THE LIBRARIANS Documentary Screening and Q&A
Friday, June 27, 2025
1:30pm - 3:30pm ET
Experience "The Librarians" on the big screen—together. In this illuminating documentary, librarians emerge as first responders in the fight for democracy and our First Amendment Rights. As they well know, controlling the flow of ideas means control over communities.
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 from heated school and library board meetings nationwide to lay bare the underpinnings of White Christian Nationalism fueling the censorship efforts. Despite facing harassment, threats, and laws aimed at criminalizing their work – the librarians’ rallying cry for freedom to read is a chilling cautionary tale.
A special Q&A will follow the screening with Director/Producer Kim A. Snyder, Producers: Janique L. Robillard and Maria Cuomo Cole, and "The Librarians" Film Participants / Collaborators: Suzette Baker, Becky Calzada, Carolyn Foote, Laney Hawes, Martha Hickson, Amanda Jones, Marie Masferrer, Julie Miller, and Audrey Wilson-Youngblood.
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BANNED TOGETHER Film Screening and Organizing Party
Saturday, June 28, 2025
4:00pm - 7:00pm ET
Join your peers at the screening of the documentary, "Banned Together," presented by Unite Against Book Bans. This compelling documentary follows three high school students working to restore banned books to their special libraries. After the screening, hear from the filmmakers and student activists, then join fellow advocates for a catered organizing party. Get inspired and walk away with tools, strategies, and your own custom organizing materials.
Free For All: The Public Library
Monday, June 30
10:30am - 12:30pm ET
Gather for a story fueled by the passion that drives our field. Dawn Logsdon, a library lover who visited more than 100 libraries before she was a teen, takes us on a riveting journey through the past, present, and uncertain future of the U.S. public library. Along the way, she uncovers surprising stories - often led by women - behind this cherished civic institution. Free to enter, open to all, and rooted in the promise of democracy, libraries offer something few other places do: equal access to knowledge. Yet today this promise is under threat. From Ben Franklin’s first lending library to the frontlines of today's culture wars, Free for All: The Public Library makes an urgent and compelling case for saving these cornerstones of community. This personal and eye-opening documentary reminds us how far we have come and offers much-needed hope for our future.
Featuring interviews with Carla Hayden, Jill Lepore, Crosby Kemper, Wayne Wiegand, David Nasaw, John Palfrey, Abigail Van Slyck, Geraldine Edwards Hollis, and more.