The Librarians: Documentary Film Screening + School Library Support

To celebrate National Library Week (April 19- 25th) Good Trouble Transylvania is hosting a screening of the award-winning 2025 documentary, The Librarians on Sunday April 12th starting at 4:30PM at Oskar Blues Brewery.

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.

See a preview of the film here: https://youtu.be/Ykll4MWltsQ?si=y9YVbXNCt-lVlqMu

After the film we will gather to discuss.  Attendees are also encouraged to sign up to support our local Transylvania County Schools Librarians by "gifting" a magazine or newspaper subscription from their wish lists. ( A physical sign up sheet will be provided at the event, as well as the list of periodicals requested by the schools)

*Please note, this venue has one flight of stairs and there is no elevator available*
Drinks and food will be available for purchase.