Fourth Annual Beach Break Film Festival Day 2 - The Librarians, West Landing & Guiding Light
The Librarians
Librarians unite to combat book banning, defending intellectual freedom on democracy's frontlines amid unprecedented censorship in Texas, Florida, and beyond. Texas, the Krause List targets 850 books focused on race and LGBTQia+ stories – triggering sweeping book bans across the U.S. at an unprecedented rate. As tensions escalate, librarians connect the dots 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.
Preceeded by:
West Landing (short)
A short documentary about a group of open-water swimmers on Long Island who gather every summer morning in Hampton Bays. Born out of the post-pandemic era, their daily swims provide a sense of calm and a newfound community, proving that it’s never too late to find friendship, purpose, and joy in life’s simple pleasures.
Guiding Light (short)
In "Guiding Light", the lead prosecutor, the defense attorney and the police chief tell the story of a young teen (Polly Hannah Klaas) in a small town in America (Petaluma, California) who was kidnapped from her bedroom during a slumber party while her family was asleep in the house. In this film, India Mitchell, a teen growing up in the same town thirty years later weaves together past and present as she looks back on the Polly Klaas tragedy that rocked the nation, and the legacy of striving to keep children safe.
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