Kim A. Snyder’s consequential documentary The Librarians is making its North Dakota premiere at the Fargo Film Festival. The award-winning film digs deep to expose how being a librarian, a role not typically considered threatening, can now be an alarmingly dangerous line of work.
The feature film originally premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, and is the 2026 Fargo Film Festival’s Best Documentary Award winner.
The Librarians screens at 7:00pm on Thursday, March 19th as part of the Fargo Film Festival. Academy Award nominated Director Kim A. Snyder will appear in person at the Fargo Theatre for a Q&A immediately following the screening.
Synopsis:
As an unprecedented wave of book banning largely addressing race and LGBT issues is sparked in Texas, Florida, and beyond, librarians under siege join forces as unlikely defenders fighting for intellectual freedom on the front lines of democracy. Filmmaker Kim A. Snyder (Newtown, Us Kids, 2025 Oscar-nominated Death by Numbers) takes us to an unexpected front line where librarians emerge as first responders in the fight for democracy and free access to information.