EXCLUSIVE: Independent Lens , the Emmy-winning PBS documentary series presented by ITVS , announced its winter slate of films today, a lineup headlined by Oscar contender The Librarians .

Kim A Snyder’s film, “an unflinching look at the escalating fight over book bans sweeping the United States,” will premiere on Independent Lens February 9. Actress Sarah Jessica Parker executive produces the film which premiered last January at the Sundance Film Festival . It features librarians at public schools and libraries in the U.S. who in many cases have found themselves cast as villains by groups like Moms for Liberty that want to police what books children can and cannot access.

“Told through the eyes of women on the frontlines,” a release about the Independent Lens winter se

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