Documentary Features
The Librarians
As an unprecedented wave of book banning largely addressing race and LGBT issues is sparked in Texas, Florida, and beyond, librarians under siege join forces as unlikely defenders fighting for intellectual freedom on the front lines of democracy. Filmmaker Kim A. Snyder takes us to an unexpected front line where librarians emerge as first responders in the fight for democracy, free access to information, and our First Amendment rights. Despite facing harassment, threats, and laws aimed at criminalizing their work, the librarians’ rallying cry for freedom to read is a chilling cautionary tale.
Preceded by the documentary short Freeman Vines. A Q&A with director and producer Kim A. Snyder immediately follows the screening.
Georgia premiere
DIRECTOR
Kim A. Snyder
PRODUCERS
Kim A. Snyder
Janique L. Robillard
Maris Cuomo Cole
Jana Edelbaum
CAST
Suzette Baker
Becky Calzada
Carolyn Foote
Martha Hickson
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Kim A. Snyder is an Academy Award-nominated and Peabody Award-winning director and producer whose latest feature, The Librarians, premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. Her Oscar-nominated short Death by Numbers won multiple awards. Her other films include Us Kids, Notes from Dunblane: Lesson from a School Shooting, Newtown, Welcome to Shelbyville, and I Remember Me.