TICKETS $15. SOLD OUT: ENCORE SCREENING ADDED ON 1/11

Doors 6:30 p.m.; Event 7 p.m.
Event is sold out, but tickets for the screening on January 11th are available here. 

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THE EXPERIENCE

We’re thrilled to present The Librarians, a gripping, deeply moving documentary about librarians thrust into the heart of America’s cultural reckoning. This film pulls back the curtain on a surge of book bans targeting essential stories about race, gender, and queerness—and shows how libraries have become unlikely battlegrounds for civil rights. Dubbed “the civil-rights fight of our time” (The Guardian) and praised for tracing this chilling wave with clear-eyed urgency, The Librarians introduces viewers to the courageous guardians of free thought.

After the film we’ll host a panel featuring Annie Lewis, Multnomah County Director of Libraries, Wendy Cornelisen, Oregon State Librarian, as they unpack what’s at stake in the fight to protect access to ideas. Love Centerwall, Executive Director of The Library Foundation, will moderate the conversation.

ON SCREEN: The Librarians

2025. Directed by Kim A. Snyder. Runtime: 1 hour 32 minutes. 

As an unprecedented wave of book banning 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.

The Librarians offers a rattling look at coordinated efforts to ban books. More importantly, it introduces viewers to the everyday and increasingly vital heroes pushing back: the librarians who sound the alarm to both legislative and grassroots attempts to pull books from school and public libraries.

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 freedom to read is a chilling cautionary tale.