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Free for All: The Public Library 2025 Directed by Dawn Logsdon , Lucie Faulknor

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.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gnere Documentary
Production Company Serendipity Films
Release Date 29 April 2025
83 mins
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
John Palfrey
John Palfrey Self
Abigail Van Slyck
Abigail Van Slyck Self
Ethelene Whitmire
Ethelene Whitmire Self
Crew
Directors
Dawn Logsdon
Dawn Logsdon
Lucie Faulknor
Lucie Faulknor
Writers
Dawn Logsdon
Dawn Logsdon
Elizabeth Finlayson
Elizabeth Finlayson
Producer
Lucie Faulknor
Lucie Faulknor
Executive Producers
Ellen Schneider
Ellen Schneider
Marcia Smith
Marcia Smith
Stanley Nelson
Stanley Nelson
Cinematography
Vicente Franco
Vicente Franco
Reed Harkness
Reed Harkness
Editors
Debra Schaffner
Debra Schaffner
Elizabeth Finlayson
Elizabeth Finlayson