New York Times Critic’s Pick
Kim A. Snyder’s award-winning documentary The Librarians is “gripping… as well-crafted as it is profoundly alarming.”
Press
Cultured Mag
“I came to a part of the story where Amanda [Jones], a librarian in small, one traffic light town in Louisiana, told us that she has lost 12 students to suicide because of feeling othered. When you’re going after the books, you’re really going after those kids.”
TIME
“The Supreme Court Just Opened the Door to a New Era of Book Bans”
Deadline
“‘The Librarians’ To Premiere On PBS ‘Independent Lens’ As Political Backlash Mounts Against Book Banning”
SALON
Shock Democratic upset in Texas shows voters still hate book bans
THE BOOK CASE, GMA Podcast
“’The Librarians’: A Must-See Documentary for Book Lovers”
Deadline
“Oscar Contender ‘The Librarians’ Booked To Anchor Winter Season Of PBS Series ‘Independent Lens’”
WNYC – ALL OF IT
New Doc About “The Librarians” Fighting Against Book Bans
ABC News
‘The Librarians’ documentary explores censorship, fight for freedom to read
CNN
Director of “The Librarians”: Censorship is “un-American”
PBS News Hour
Public school librarians fight book bans in new documentary
Financial Times
★★★★ review
Irish Examiner
★★★★★ review
Culture Fly
★★★★★ review
Book Riot Podcast
The Librarians on the Front Lines
The Contrarian
The Librarians, Our Unlikely Heroes
The Times Union
Bibliofiles: ‘The Librarians’ drums up local support
People Magazine
Amber Ruffin, Sarah Jessica Parker Advocate for Free Speech at 2025 PEN America Gala
PEN America
The Librarians Documentary Film Captures the Courage of Library Workers Standing Against Book Censorship
BBC Woman’s Hour
Child benefit cap, Prof Edith Heard, Book banning
THE TENNESSEAN
“Librarians film shines spotlight on book bans, TN librarians react”
48 HILLS
“Bravery among the books: ‘The Librarians’ fight censorship”
KALW-FM
“‘The Librarians’ highlights educators fighting book bans & censorship” (San Francisco, CA)
Gloria Newsletter
“as heartening as it is infuriating… Librarians are stepping up, at great cost, and their courage is inspiring.”
Texas Signal
“librarians are also front-line workers in the battle for democracy and the First Amendment. And they are winning.”
KJZZ 91/5 Phoenix
“they were the canaries in the coal mine for the larger issue of freedom of expression in a democratic society that we’ve all cherished.”
Latina Media
“Shows what it looks like to refuse to be complicit. To use your power for good. To fight for every member of your community, even when it’s unpopular or dangerous.”
Dallas Observer
“The courageous librarians in the film show us that if you’re willing to not succumb to operating from a place of fear … you can actually affect change in your own town.”
The Hollywood Reporter
‘The Librarians’ Review: A Powerful Documentary About American Book Bans — and the Heroes Who Battle Them
Variety
‘The Librarians’ Review: An Enlightening Doc Follows Nationwide Effort to Fight Against Book Bans
USA Today
Sarah Jessica Parker, Taye Diggs, more warn against threats to free speech, libraries
School Library Journal
Catharsis and a Call to Action: ‘The Librarians’ at ALA Annual
School Library Journal
School Librarians Celebrated at Sundance Film Festival Screening of Documentary, ‘The Librarians’
The Utah Review
Sundance 2025: The Librarians documentary packs a riveting punch on the alarming surge of book banning
Old School Catalyst
‘The Librarians’: Kim A. Snyder’s award-winning film about educational freedom screens at New College
Journal of AASL
The Art of Storytelling and Film to Empower the Fight Against Censorship
Chron
With book bans, Texas librarians are on the frontlines of a culture war
Books and Film Globe
‘The Librarians’ Are Here To Save Us
Texas Observer
These Librarians Won’t Let America’s Fever Hit Fahrenheit 451: A new documentary shows us our local guardians of intellectual freedom in battle.
Pen America
‘The Librarians’ Film Shows the Toll of Book Bans
Austin Free Press
Unbossed & underfunded: The women of SXSW film
WBRZ
“Libraries are the heartbeat of our communities. An essential gateway for information and self-discovery.”