THE LIBRARIANS

This is a newportFILM Member Series Screening 

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Tickets are $15 per person

JOIN US FOR AN EVENING OF COMMUNITY IMPACT

Community Conversation with local leaders including Padma Venkatraman (Author and Activist) & Alana Hearn (Pell Elementary School PTO, Newport Public Education Foundation)

Newport Classical Recital Hall
42 Dearborn St, Newport, RI 02840

PARKING
Free parking is available for ticket-holders on a first come, first served basis in a lot directly across from Emmanuel Church. Additional visitor parking can be found on Thames and Spring Streets.

ACCESSIBILITY
Fully wheelchair accessible. An accessible ramp is available through the All Saints Chapel entrance on Dearborn Street.

ABOUT THE FILM: 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.