As an unprecedented wave of book banning combs across Texas, Florida, and beyond, librarians under siege join forces as unlikely defenders of intellectual freedom on the front lines of democracy. Filmmaker Kim A. Snyder (Newtown, Us Kids) enters the eye of an ideological cyclone,where librarians emerge as first responders in the fight to uphold First Amendment Rights. In Texas, the Krause List targeted 850 books—many focused on race and LGBTQIA+ stories—which triggered sweeping book bans across the U.S. at an unprecedented rate. Despite facing harassment, threats, and laws aimed at criminalizing their work, the librarians’ rallying cry for the freedom to read is a chilling—and necessary—cautionary tale.