The Fifth Estate

Season 50 Episode 10: The Shadow War on Libraries

Now more and more libraries find themselves on the front lines of a culture war, with battles over books, bans and the freedom to read. The attacks on libraries started in the U.S. and, like a slow-burning brushfire, they've been moving north, the flames fanned by pressure groups who feel libraries should not have books about sex education, gender identity or stories

Genre:

Documentary, News

Seasons:

17

Episodes:

186

Cast:

Bob McKeown, Gillian Findlay, Mark Kelley

Quality:

HD

Duration:

60 min

First Air:

1976

Rating:

6.8