*Winner of the Ontario Library Association Media and Communications Award, 2009

They have more cardholders than VISA, more customers than Amazon, and more outlets than McDonald's. Meet America's librarians. This film is the first comprehensive treatment of the subject of librarians. A vivid blend of factual documentary, feature film, and storytelling, it reveals the history and realities of librarianship in the entertaining and appealing context of American movies. Interviews with actual librarians, intercut with film clips of cinematic librarians, examine such issues as literature, books and reading, censorship, library funding, citizenship and democracy. For the first time, we see and understand the real lives and real work of librarians who for decades have been a cultural force hiding in plain sight.

This film's subject is librarians: who they are, what they do, why they do it, and the impact of their work in people's lives. The underlying meaning is how we express our own humanity, how we listen to ourselves and one another in the realm of the written and read word -- a uniquely human privilege.

Audiences will be surprised and delighted by the fascinating librarians in this entertaining and enlightening film, and will emerge with a greater appreciation for the range of literature and materials available to them thanks to librarians.

DVD contains 30 minutes of bonus materials, including a Book Cart Drill Team featurette.

Producer/Writer/Director: Ann Seidl
Executive Producer: Lynne Martin Erickson
Cinematographer: Aaron Harris
Location Sound & Re-recordist: Pete Winter
Editorial Consultant: Juliana Parroni
Associate Producer: Mary Clare McKesson
Original Score: David J. Murphy & Nestor Torres
Additional Cinematography: Barbara Jabaily

*** NOTE - the price listed below is for COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES. There is a SPECIAL PRICE for PUBLIC LIBRARIES and NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

"The Hollywood Librarian will make librarians very proud but more importantly it is destined to set the record straight about the true nature of librarianship. Wouldn't it be wonderful if everyone could see it? It could change the world!"
- Mrs. Jet Kofoot, Algona (IA) Public Library

"I can't tell you how much your movie The Hollywood Librarian spoke straight from my heart. It is everything I have been feeling, fighting for and working towards for the last 25 years."
- Denise Smith, Stanton County (KS) Public Library

"Showing The Hollywood Librarian was a great outreach and fundraising opportunity for our library. Thanks to the production company, it was easy to organize the event, even for a very small library like us. The documentary really proved to be an eye-opener for the general public while the "library people" enjoyed the validation."
- Catherine Lavallee-Welch, University of South Florida

"This is a film you don't want to miss. I stayed in the rear of my library and listened and watched the attendees as they laughed, grew serious, shed tears, and remained completely engaged by this film. For days afterward, thank you notes streamed into my inbox from the participants."
- Charlotte Ballard, Wells Middle School, Houston