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DESCRIPTION:"THE LIBRARIANS"\n\nAward Winning Documentary and Call to Action for Free 
 Speech & Democracy\n\nLibrarians 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.\n\nIn 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 
 extremism fueling the censorship efforts.\n\nDespite facing harassment, 
 threats, and laws aimed at criminalizing their work – the librarians’ 
 rallying cry for freedom to read is a chilling cautionary tale.\n\nWINNER: 
 Best Documentary Feature Film Jury Award at Sarasota Film Festival\nWINNER: 
 Best Documentary Feature Film Jury Award at Dallas International Film 
 Festival Sundance 2025 World Premiere\n\n\nSCREENINGS in SF BAY 
 AREA\n\nRoxie Theater, San Francisco, CA\n\nTickets: 
 https://roxie.com/film/the-librarians/\n(For Sold Out screenings, there 
 will be a Rush Line for those to wish to try for possible no-show 
 seats)\n\nThursday, December 4, 2025 3:40 PM @ Big Roxie\n\nFriday, 
 December 5, 2025 SOLD OUT\n\n12/5 Q&A with Panelists - Director/Producer 
 Kim A. Snyder; Film Participant Audrey Wilson-Youngblood; Librarian/Host, 
 PBS Reading Rainbow Mychal Threets; Author (Also an Octopus)/Founding 
 Member, Authors Against Book Bans Maggie Tokuda-Hall Moderator - Marke 
 Bieschke, publisher and culture editor, 48 Hills; Author (Queer: The 
 Ultimate LGBT Guide for Teens)\nONLY RUSH TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR 12/5/2025; 
 other dates online tickets still available\n\nTuesday, December 9, 2025 
 SOLD OUT\n\nWednesday, December 10, 2025 8:35 PM @ Little Roxie\n\n\nRialto 
 Sebastopol\n\nTuesday, December 9 at 6:30pm\n\ntickets: 
 https://rialtocinemas.com/now-playing/the-librarians-seb/\n\nQ&A with 
 Director/Producer Kim A Snyder and Producer Janique L Robillard\n\n\nRialto 
 Elmwood, Berkeley, CA: Benefit Screening for The Oakland Literacy 
 Coalition\n\nThursday, January 15 at 6pm\n\nTickets: 
 https://rialtocinemas.com/now-playing-elm/the-librarians-elm/\n\nPanel 
 discussion with Oakland school library leaders:\nDeborah Gibbons, OUSD 
 District Teacher-Librarian\nSamia Khattab, Franklin Elementary 
 Teacher-Librarian\nLiz Grewal, Oakland Tech High School 
 Teacher-Librarian\nModerated by Lola Dvorak, School Library Partnership 
 Coordinator and Peralta Elementary Library Technician\n\n\nCALL TO 
 ACTION\n\nMore than a documentary. Screenings are a call to action.\n\nThe 
 Librarians aims to provide resources, support and tools that connect 
 organizations with and creates bridges for libraries under fire and 
 like-minded librarians and that are fighting the good fight—to protect 
 and uphold our constitutional freedoms and civil liberties which are under 
 attack—freedom of knowledge access, the freedom to learn and enrich one's 
 self, and the fight against the weaponization of language to censor and 
 silence literary voices and to stifle the freedom of expression which we 
 hold so dear.\n\nGO HERE: https://thelibrariansfilm.com/resources/\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2025/12/02/18881960.php
SUMMARY:"The Librarians": Film on Dangers of Book Bans - Doc Screening + Q&A w/ Film Makers
LOCATION:Rialto \nSebastolpol, CA\n\nTickets: 
 https://rialtocinemas.com/now-playing/the-librarians-seb/
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2025/12/02/18881960.php
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