
Free for All: The Public Library
Documentary
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.
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Laurie Anderson
Laurie Anderson
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Laurie Anderson
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Deborah Caldwell-Stone
Deborah Caldwell-Stone
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Deborah Caldwell-Stone
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Malkia Cyril
Malkia Cyril
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Malkia Cyril
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Lolis Eric Elie
Lolis Eric Elie
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Lolis Eric Elie
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Sylvia Flowers
Sylvia Flowers
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Sylvia Flowers
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Geraldine Edwards Hollis
Geraldine Edwards Hollis
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Geraldine Edwards Hollis
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Crosby Kemper
Crosby Kemper
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Crosby Kemper
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JoNell Kennedy
JoNell Kennedy
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JoNell Kennedy
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Jill Lepore
Jill Lepore
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Jill Lepore
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David Nasaw
David Nasaw
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David Nasaw
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