Texas might not be the ground zero of book banning; as in so many reactionary, censorious matters, it still has to contend with Florida. But the state still loves to tell people, especially young people, what they can and cannot read. The new documentary The Librarians, which showed at the South By Southwest Film & TV Festival after premiering at Sundance in January, digs into some of the “Thou Shalt Not Read” hotspots, including the Texas city of Granbury and Llano County, both of which targeted school librarians for daring to distribute books that suggest LGBTQ people are human and American race relations haven’t been peachy.
