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Free for All: The Public Library

Year: 2025 Documentary Runtime: 83 min

Overview

The story of the quiet revolutionaries who made a simple idea of a public library happen. From the pioneering women behind the "Free Library Movement" to today's librarians who service the public despite working in a contentious age of closures and book bans, meet those who created a civic institution where everything is free and the doors are open to all.

Genres

Documentary

Cast

Laurie Anderson

Laurie Anderson

Self

Deborah Caldwell-Stone

Deborah Caldwell-Stone

Self

Malkia Cyril

Malkia Cyril

Self

Lolis Eric Elie

Lolis Eric Elie

Self

Sylvia Flowers

Sylvia Flowers

Self

Geraldine Edwards Hollis

Geraldine Edwards Hollis

Self

Crosby Kemper

Crosby Kemper

Self

JoNell Kennedy

JoNell Kennedy

Self

Jill Lepore

Jill Lepore

Self

David Nasaw

David Nasaw

Self

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