Calling the documentary an Oscar contender, Deadline reported that The Librarians will headline the PBS' Independent Lens series.
The Librarians documentary will premiere on PBS on February 9, headlining the network’s Independent Lens series, according to a report by Deadline on Friday. The documentary chronicles librarians fighting censorship, harassment, and threats to protect the freedom to read for young people across the country.
Calling The Librarians an Oscar contender, Deadline announced that the full, four-documentary Independent Lens lineup will also include Vivien’s Wild Ride, The Inquisitor, and Keep Quiet and Forgive. They share a thematic unity: “women-led stories of resilience, resistance, and revelation,” according to the story.
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All of the films will be available for streaming on the PBS app and PBS YouTube channel on the day of their premieres.
“Independent Lens documentaries dig a bit deeper to find the complex story beneath,” Lois Vossen, a founding executive producer of Independent Lens, told Deadline. “They investigate the intersection of our past to help us understand the present. Intimate, personal journeys like Vivien’s Wild Ride and The Inquisitor, and national stories like Keep Quiet and Forgive and The Librarians, provide audiences with nuanced, empathetic stories that reflect the vision, resilience, and independence of the ordinary, yet also extraordinary Americans they profile.”
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The four films will also be featured in the long-running community screening series Indie Lens Pop-Up, according to Deadline. The in-person and virtual events are planned in more than 200 communities across the country.
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