Manatee Dems Cultural Event: Documentary Film, The Librarians (2025).
Gather with other concerned Dems & enjoy this award winning film. After the there will be a question and answer session with Marie Masferrer, one of the librarians featured and a Manatee County Democrat running for state house district 71.
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 extremism 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. Run-time 92 Minutes.