About this Event
Meet one of the film's Emmy Award-winning producers, Maria Cuomo Cole.
Presented by Books & Books Literary Foundation.
🎟 Free & open to the public · RSVP required · 🎟
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.
About the Producer
Peabody and Emmy Award-winning producer Maria Cuomo Cole’s credits include the Oscar-Nominated DEATH BY NUMBERS (2024, Montclair - Best Short Doc), THE LIBRARIANS (Primetime Emmy® Award), US KIDS (Sundance 2020), LESSONS FROM A SCHOOL SHOOTING… (Netflix), NEWTOWN (Sundance 2016) and Oscar-shortlisted Living for 32 (2010). EP: THE HUNTING GROUND (2015) and Oscar-nominated THE INVISIBLE WAR (2014).
Event venue & nearby stays
Coral Gables Art Cinema, 260 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables, United States
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