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		<title>THE LIBRARIANS Trailer: Sundance Documentary Captures the Fight Against Book Banning</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[M.J. O'Toole]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2025 18:41:34 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Oscar-nominated director Kim A. Snyder (Us Kids; Death By Numbers) dives deep into today&#8217;s nationwide fight against book banning in her critically acclaimed documentary, The Librarians. It follows the unnerving coordinated efforts in conservative-leaning states to ban books in numerous [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/trailer/the-librarians-kim-a-snyder/">THE LIBRARIANS Trailer: Sundance Documentary Captures the Fight Against Book Banning</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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		<title>2025 OSCAR-NOMINATED SHORTS</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Reed]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2025 20:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>The 2025 Academy Awards take place on Sunday, March 2, and as always, 15 short films compete across 3 categories—animation, documentary, and live action—for the golden statuette in their respective areas. Every year, I watch all of them and then [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/features/2025-oscar-nominated-shorts/">2025 OSCAR-NOMINATED SHORTS</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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		<title>HOMEROOM</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Delman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2021 15:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Editors Note: HOMEROOM is now streaming on Hulu. Below is our review from the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. (The 2021 Sundance Film Festival runs January 28- February 3, all virtually as well as with drive-ins sprinkled around the U.S.. Hammer to [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/homeroom/">HOMEROOM</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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		<title>US KIDS</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Reed]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2020 18:16:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<div><img width="300" height="168" src="https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/US-KIDS-image_01-300x168.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/US-KIDS-image_01-300x168.jpg 300w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/US-KIDS-image_01-768x430.jpg 768w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/US-KIDS-image_01-1024x573.jpg 1024w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/US-KIDS-image_01-600x336.jpg 600w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/US-KIDS-image_01.jpg 1500w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></div>
<p>(Kim A. Snyder&#8217;s Us Kids is available now on VOD (including for FREE October 30-November 3!). Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going?) Not to wax all [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/us-kids/">US KIDS</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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		<title>Chris Reed&#8217;s AFI DOCS Wrap-Up</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Reed]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2016 21:08:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The American Film Institute (AFI) was founded in 1967 “as a national arts organization to train filmmakers and preserve America&#8217;s vanishing film heritage.” As such, it has been a wonderful archivist of, and proselytizer for, great American contributions to global [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/chris-reeds-afi-docs-wrap-up/">Chris Reed&#8217;s AFI DOCS Wrap-Up</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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