Film: Free for All: The Public Library

In the Cordingly Room: In conjunction with Independent Lens, Indie Lens Pop-Up and PBS, the documentary Free for All will be shown. Free popcorn and refreshments will be provided.
The public library is one of America’s most valued yet endangered institutions. In this film, director Dawn Logsdon travels the United States, discovering historic and modern-day figures, especially women, who contributed to the library’s integral position within democracy. “Free for All: The Public Library” chronicles the evolution of the nation’s public libraries, tracing the battles over who can enter, what belongs there, and who makes these decisions, while exploring how public commons are defined and defended.