Movie Night "The Librarians"

CITIM, in partnership with the National Library of Luxembourg, Lëtzebuerg City Library, CID Fraen an Gender and oekobib, is pleased to invite you to a special screening of the documentary: The Librarians!
📅 Thursday 30 October 2025 at 7 p.m.
📍Cinémathèque@Cercle Cité (2 rue Génistre, Luxembourg Centre)
USA 2025 | Kim A. Snyder | documentary | original version (ENG) with French subtitles | 88 mins
► Sundance Film Festival 2025; South by Southwest Festival 2025
As an unprecedented wave of book bans sweeps across Texas, Florida and beyond, beleaguered librarians join forces as unlikely defenders fighting for intellectual freedom on the front lines of democracy.
"Snyder's illuminating documentary offers a rattling look at coordinated efforts to ban books. More importantly, it introduces viewers to the everyday and increasingly vital heroes pushing back: the librarians who sound the alarm to both legislative and grassroots attempts to pull books from school and public libraries." (Variety)
"Seamlessly assembling a wide variety of material, including vintage film snippets mixed in with the archival and original footage, The Librarians observes a clutch of educators, almost all women, fighting on the culture-war frontlines. Their opponents are legion: conservative school boards, members of the recently scandal-ridden right-wing organisation Moms for Liberty and publicity-hungry Republican politicians, among others." (The Hollywood Reporter)
More information about the film: https://thelibrariansfilm.com/
The screening will be followed by a discussion on the role of public libraries in promoting diversity and combating misinformation.