Librarians across the U.S. examine how the review of library materials is shaping public book collections and impacting both themselves and their communities.
Winner
Director/Producer
Kim A. Snyder is an Academy Award®-nominated, Emmy® and Peabody Award-winning Director/Producer. Her latest feature, The Librarians, won a 2026 Emmy for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking. Her short, Death By Numbers was nominated for an Oscar in 2025. Snyder’s films include Us Kids, Lessons From A School Shooting, and Newtown.
Producer
Creative Producer Janique L. Robillard is passionate about elevating marginalized voices and driving impact with documentary storytelling. Recent credits include Oscar-nominated short Death By Numbers and Emmy Award-winning The Librarians—both with director Kim A. Snyder—and the 10-part docuseries The Fix, (dir. Jeremiah Zagar).
Producer
Peabody and Emmy Award-winning producer Maria Cuomo Cole’s credits include Death By Numbers (2024, Montclair – Best Short Doc), Us Kids (Sundance 2020), Lessons from A School Shooting… (Netflix), Newtown (Sundance 2016) and Oscar-shortlisted Living for 32 (2010). EP: The Hunting Ground (2015) and Oscar-nominated The Invisible War (2014).
Producer
Emmy and DuPont Award-winning producer Jana Edelbaum, founder of Ideal Partners, recently released Beyond Utopia (Sundance Audience Award, Hulu). Previous work includes: House of Z, Strange Weather, and Idina Menzel: Which Way to the Stage? She is producing the Alvin Ailey feature with Barry Jenkins (Searchlight) and Swifties feature.
In the News
Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking