The Librarians - Hell's Half Mile Film Series

We are proud to partner with the Hell's Half Mile Film Series for a special screening of the powerful new documentary The Librarians at the State Theatre.  

 

Show your library card at your BCLS library branch and receive a free ticket March. For free entry, pick up your voucher from any branch starting March 9- March 19. 

 

As an unprecedented wave of book banning sweeps across Texas, Florida, and beyond, The Librarians follows librarians on the front lines as unlikely defenders of intellectual freedom, free access to information, and First Amendment rights.

Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Kim A. Snyder (Newtown, Us Kids, Death By Numbers), the film reveals how librarians are becoming first responders in the fight for democracy, facing harassment, threats, and mounting pressure as censorship efforts intensify nationwide. From school board meetings to library systems under siege, The Librarians is a timely, urgent, and deeply human story about who controls ideas, and why it matters.

 

Film Details
• 2025 | USA | Documentary
• Runtime: 92 minutes

Additional tickets are available for $8.00 at the door