Beyond Boundaries Film & Discussion Series

The Librarians (2025)

Directed by Kim Snyder
Thursday September 24

Librarians emerge as first responders in the fight for democracy and our First Amendment Rights in this Emmy-winning documentary. As librarians 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. As tensions escalate, librarians advocate 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.

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TCB - The Toni Cade Bambara School of Organizing (2025)

Directed by Louis Massiah & Monica Henriquez
Thursday October 29

Louis Massiah in person!

TCB – The Toni Cade Bambara School of Organizing focuses on an iconic figure in the pantheon of Black feminists: an influential writer, filmmaker and cultural worker who inspired a generation of artists to dedicate themselves to community empowerment.  The film is structured as a series of lessons on cultural organizing gleaned from Bambara’s life and shared by her friends, colleagues and students.

Heightened Scrutiny (2025)

Directed by Sam Feder
Thursday November 19, 2026

Fearless civil rights lawyer Chase Strangio battles at the Supreme Court for transgender adolescents’ access to gender-affirming healthcare, confronting not only the legal system but also a media landscape that distorts public perception and threatens the struggle for trans rights.  With the dangerous SCOTUS decision upholding the ban on life-saving healthcare, Heightened Scrutiny is an urgent call to action against bigotry and injustice.