On this edition of Your Call, we're discussing 'The Librarians,' a new documentary about the educators fighting Republican book bans and standing for the freedom to read across country.
According to PEN America, there have been nearly 23,000 book bans in public schools nationwide since 2021, most of them targeting books about racism, sexuality, gender, and history.
Kim A. Snyder’s documentary follows librarians in Texas, Florida, and beyond as they confront these sweeping bans and the forces behind them head on, face personal attacks and threats for refusing to censor their libraries, and find themselves thrust into the national spotlight for standing up for intellectual freedom.
Guest:
Kim A. Snyder, Academy Award nominee, Peabody Award-winning documentary filmmaker, and director/producer of 'The Librarians'
Resources:
Publishers Weekly: In November's School Board Elections, Voters Stood with Librarians
Literary Hub: In Praise of Librarians in Dangerous Times
The New York Times: ‘Rampant’ Book Bans Are Being Taken for Granted, Free Speech Group Warns
