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A special documentary screening for Freedom to Read Day of Action
Join the Library, Atomic Focus Entertainment, and PEN America for a pre-release screening of the first feature-length documentary about fighting the spread of book bans in the U.S., Banned Together.
A diverse cast of visionary teenagers, stirring public protests, private threats, criminal charges, and drama-filled school board meetings: this is the explosive world of the new documentary feature, Banned Together. The film pulls back the curtain on two of the most controversial issues in America today: book bans and curriculum censorship in public schools. Banned Together follows three teenage activists as they fight to reinstate 97 books suddenly pulled from their school libraries, speak with national politicians, bestselling/banned authors, constitutional scholars, PEN America, and more. As they evolve from local to national activists the film reveals the forces behind the accelerating wave of book bans in the U.S.
Learn more about the Freedom to Read Day of Action here.