Free for All: The Public Library (2025)

1h 23m IMDb
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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.

Free for All: The Public Library

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Laurie Anderson
Laurie Anderson as Self Age 78 · Glen Ellyn, Illinois, USA Laura Phillips Anderson is an American avant-garde artist, composer, musician and film director whose work spans performance art, pop music, and multimedia projects..
JoNell Kennedy
JoNell Kennedy as Self New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Director Dawn Logsdon
Cast Laurie Anderson, Deborah Caldwell-Stone, Malkia Cyril, Lolis Eric Elie, Sylvia Flowers, Geraldine Edwards Hollis, Crosby Kemper, JoNell Kennedy, Jill Lepore, David Nasaw