Louisiana Voice

The Sundance Film Festival kicked off last Thursday in Park City, Utah, and will run through Sunday.

Why is this of interest to LouisianaVoice?

Well because this year there is a documentary that features Livingston Parish school librarian Amanda Jones and her ongoing fight with those who would censor reading material available from public libraries.

Those who would swoop into a community like the Lafayette organization that calls itself Citizens for a New Louisiana are not locals but they are insisting on dictating that you can read. Of course, they don’t call it censorship. But neither did they in Texas where a state representative has submitted a list of more than 800 books he wants banned.

But back to Sundance.

Sarah Jessica Parker is the executive producer of a documentary premiered at Sundance that examines efforts to censor libraries – not just in Livingston Parish, but in other areas as well.

Parker recently sat down with several local librarians, including Jones, to discuss the efforts by those who would ban books. To watch the video of their conference, click HERE, HERE  and HERE.