Screening of The Librarians

Join the Royal Irish Academy for a screening of the Emmy-nominated documentary The Librarians, including a short discussion with director Kim A. Snyder. As book bans and censorship challenges grow across the United States, the film follows librarians on the front lines of the fight for intellectual freedom.

‘Enraging, uplifting, and timely, The Librarians is one of the most important films of the year.’ – Irish Examiner

Kim A. Snyder is an Academy Award nominee & Peabody Award-winning Director/Producer. Her latest feature documentary, The Librarians, premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, and has been nominated for a 2026 Primetime Emmy®. The Librarians has won 30 festival awards, was released theatrically in over 200 cities internationally, and broadcast on PBS/Independent Lens. Her most recent short documentary, Death by Numbers, was nominated for a 2025 Academy Award®. Snyder’s other acclaimed films include Us Kids (Sundance 2020), Lessons from a School Shooting (Best Short Doc Tribeca 2018, Netflix Original), Newtown (Sundance 2016, Peabody Award, PBS/Independent Lens). She associate produced the Academy Award®-winning short Trevor, which inspired The Trevor Project, a leading national non-profit focused on LGBTQ+ youth suicide prevention. Kim earned a master’s degree in International Affairs from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and resides in New York City.

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