Free for All: The Public Library

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.

Cast

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

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