Panorama: The Librarians (2025)
Featuring a post-film discussion with director Kim A. Snyder and librarian & author Cynthia Levinson, moderated by Alex Schaffner of Brookline Booksmith
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 a large-scale coordinated extremist movement 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.
The Librarians opens regularly at the Coolidge Friday, December 19. Tickets will go on sale Tuesday, December 16.
