UPDATE: Join 48 Hills December 4-13 at the Roxie for the local run of The Librarians—48 Hills’ Marke B will host a conversation with the filmmakers after the Fri/5 screening! The below was originally published as part of our Frameline Festival coverage in June.

Florida elementary school librarian Marie Masferrer, one of the subjects of the documentary The Librarians, screening at Frameline Film Fest, thought the principal was on her side when it came to the subject of keeping books on the shelves for students to read despite pressure from the state.

That is, until the principal pulled several LGBT titles.

Masferrer wasn’t having that, and went so as far as to tell kids at their fifth-grade graduation, “Once anyone tries to ban a book, I always ask why.” The principal responded by forbid

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