Looking for some alternative programming on Jan. 20th?
Join the BANNED TOGETHER National Watch Party!
UPDATE: EXTENDED THROUGH TUESDAY, JAN. 21ST!
“We must accept finite disappointment but never lose infinite hope.” – MLK
Celebrate the spirit of MLK and social justice by watching the new Award-Winning feature film BANNED TOGETHER. Prior to its official release, BANNED TOGETHER will be available to stream on January 20th and 21st. Support activism in America and be uplifted by the message of hope in this groundbreaking film.
Your $10 ticket:
- Allows you to watch anytime during the 48 hours of MLK's birthday through Tuesday, Jan. 21st. (If you begin on Jan. 20th or 21st but have to pause, you have 48 hours to finish watching once you start.)
- Gives you access to brief video messages by surprise celebrity guests!
- Helps you support the Banned Together National Impact Campaign around book bans and censorship.
THANK YOU to our National Title Sponsors PFLAG National and the National Education Association (NEA) for their continued support of our Impact Campaign!! And Thank You to Defense of Democracy for becoming a screening partner for this special day!
Banned Together follows three students as they fight to reinstate 97 books suddenly pulled from their school libraries. As they evolve from local to national activists the film reveals the dark forces behind the accelerating wave of book bans in the U.S.
Some of the people who are in the film, woven around the story about the student activists: Congressman Jamie Raskin; bestselling and banned authors like Jodi Picoult, Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, Juno Dawson, Erika L. Sánchez, and Ellen Hopkins; First Amendment warriors like Jonathan Friedman from PEN America and Deborah Caldwell-Stone from the ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom; Prof. Justin Hansford, the Exec Dir of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center at Howard University School of Law; a senior investigative researcher from Media Matters for America who's done in-depth reporting about Moms for Liberty since early 2021; organizations fighting on the front lines in Florida; Maurice Cunningham, author of Dark Money and the Politics of School Privatization; and IL Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias who wrote the first anti-book-ban legislation in the country ... to name just a few!
An Atomic Focus Entertainment film, in association with Kanopy
- Year2024
- Runtime93 min
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- GenreDocumentary
- Content WarningThere are a few words read from books not suitable for young children
- SponsorNational Education Association, PFLAG
- Awards3 Best Documentary Feature awards in film festivals, plus a 4th nomination
- Social Media
- DirectorKate Way, Tom Wiggin
- ProducerJenn Wiggin, Allyson Rice, Tom Wiggin, Kate Way
- CinematographerDorian Del Valle
- EditorCharnelle "Cha" Quallis
- ComposerKim Bullard
- MusicRanky Tanky, Bernard Kyng and Andre Hando (Planet Love), Katie Rose
Looking for some alternative programming on Jan. 20th?
Join the BANNED TOGETHER National Watch Party!
UPDATE: EXTENDED THROUGH TUESDAY, JAN. 21ST!
“We must accept finite disappointment but never lose infinite hope.” – MLK
Celebrate the spirit of MLK and social justice by watching the new Award-Winning feature film BANNED TOGETHER. Prior to its official release, BANNED TOGETHER will be available to stream on January 20th and 21st. Support activism in America and be uplifted by the message of hope in this groundbreaking film.
Your $10 ticket:
- Allows you to watch anytime during the 48 hours of MLK's birthday through Tuesday, Jan. 21st. (If you begin on Jan. 20th or 21st but have to pause, you have 48 hours to finish watching once you start.)
- Gives you access to brief video messages by surprise celebrity guests!
- Helps you support the Banned Together National Impact Campaign around book bans and censorship.
THANK YOU to our National Title Sponsors PFLAG National and the National Education Association (NEA) for their continued support of our Impact Campaign!! And Thank You to Defense of Democracy for becoming a screening partner for this special day!
Banned Together follows three students as they fight to reinstate 97 books suddenly pulled from their school libraries. As they evolve from local to national activists the film reveals the dark forces behind the accelerating wave of book bans in the U.S.
Some of the people who are in the film, woven around the story about the student activists: Congressman Jamie Raskin; bestselling and banned authors like Jodi Picoult, Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, Juno Dawson, Erika L. Sánchez, and Ellen Hopkins; First Amendment warriors like Jonathan Friedman from PEN America and Deborah Caldwell-Stone from the ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom; Prof. Justin Hansford, the Exec Dir of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center at Howard University School of Law; a senior investigative researcher from Media Matters for America who's done in-depth reporting about Moms for Liberty since early 2021; organizations fighting on the front lines in Florida; Maurice Cunningham, author of Dark Money and the Politics of School Privatization; and IL Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias who wrote the first anti-book-ban legislation in the country ... to name just a few!
An Atomic Focus Entertainment film, in association with Kanopy
- Year2024
- Runtime93 min
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- GenreDocumentary
- Content WarningThere are a few words read from books not suitable for young children
- SponsorNational Education Association, PFLAG
- Awards3 Best Documentary Feature awards in film festivals, plus a 4th nomination
- Social Media
- DirectorKate Way, Tom Wiggin
- ProducerJenn Wiggin, Allyson Rice, Tom Wiggin, Kate Way
- CinematographerDorian Del Valle
- EditorCharnelle "Cha" Quallis
- ComposerKim Bullard
- MusicRanky Tanky, Bernard Kyng and Andre Hando (Planet Love), Katie Rose