Kim A Snyder | USA | 92 min | Partial Subtitles
Co-presented by OPIRG
In Partnership with Art Not Shame
EVENT: Shhhh...Revolt In Process
Feature Film Screening: An unprecedented wave of book banning, largely focused on race and LGBTQ+ issues, is sparked in Texas, Florida, and beyond. Librarians, under siege, join forces and emerge as first responders in the fight for democracy, free access to information, and free speech. Controlling the flow of ideas means control over communities, and the possibilities for the world that we see.
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 the freedom to read is an inspiring and chilling cautionary tale.
Post-Screening: Release your perception of librarians as cardigan-wearing wallflowers and celebrate our free speech superheroes in the battle to keep all books in the hands of all readers. Wear your favourite cardigan and join the fight!
DIRECTOR BIO:
Kim A Snyder
Kim A Snyder’s most recent film Death By Numbers was Oscar-nominated for Best Short Documentary and garnered 2024 Montclair Film Festival Best Short Documentary and Honorable Mention Jury Award from Doc NYC. Her most recent feature documentary The Librarians (PBS / Independent Lens) premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival and is an official selection at numerous festivals nationwide. In 1994, she Associate Produced the Academy Award-winning short film Trevor, which spawned The Trevor Project, a leading national not-for-profit addressing LGBTQ teen suicide.
