Pre-Release Screening: “Banned Together: The Fight Against Censorship,” April 17

April 17, 2025, 7 p.m.
Smith College Weinstein Auditorium, Wright Hall
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A diverse cast of visionary teenagers, stirring public protests, private threats, criminal charges, and drama-filled school board meetings: this is the world of Banned Together. This documentary film follows three students as they fight to reinstate books pulled from their school libraries, and are propelled into regional and national venues.

Following the screening, join us for a discussion with local director Kate Way, author Grace Lin, and free speech activist/Smithie Julia Garnett ʼ28. Instructor in the Jacobson Center for Writing, Teaching and Learning, and Co-Director of the Journalism Concentration Naila Moreira will moderate the discussion.

Registration is required. Register here.

This event is co-sponsored by the Smith College Human Rights Initiative, Friends of the Smith College Libraries, Film & Media Studies, Government Department, Jandon Center, Journalism Concentration, Office of Multicultural Affairs, Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality, and the Wurtele Center for Leadership.

Contact

Carrie Cuthbert, Human Rights Initiative Director: ccuthbert@smith.edu