FREE for ALL: The PUBLIC LIBRARY

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HOW PUBLIC LIBRARIES SHAPED A NATION AND REMAIN A BELOVED SANCTUARY FOR AMERICANS TODAY. 

 

York Public Library and Indie Lens Pop-Up have partnered to make this documentary screening available to the public. 

FREE FOR ALL: THE PUBLIC LIBRARY tells the story of the quiet revolutionaries who made a simple idea happen. From the pioneering women behind the “Free Library Movement” to today's librarians who serve 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. American public libraries have been a haven for information, inspiration, and imagination for hundreds of years. But public libraries are at risk. 

 

About Indie Lens Pop-Up

Indie Lens Pop-Up is a community series that brings people together for film screenings and conversations. Featuring documentaries seen on PBS's Independent Lens, Indie Lens Pop-Up draws local residents, leaders, and organizations to discuss what matters most. For more information, visit pbs.org/indielenspopup.

 

About Independent Lens

Independent Lens is an Emmy® Award-winning PBS documentary series. With founding executive producer Lois Vossen, the series has been honored with 10 Academy Award nominations and features documentaries united by the creative freedom, artistic achievement, and unflinching visions of independent filmmakers. Presented by ITVS, Independent Lens is funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Acton Family Giving, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Ford Foundation, Park Foundation, Wyncote Foundation, and National Endowment for the Arts. Stream anytime on the PBS app. For more information, visit pbs.org/independentlens.

 

INFORMATION ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS: 

 

Dawn Longsdon

Dawn Logsdon (Director, Producer, Editor)

Dawn Logsdon produced, directed, and edited Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans, and co-directed Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton. Her editing credits include Jacques Pepin: The Art of Craft, The Weather Underground, Paragraph 175, The Castro, The Vanishing Line, and Have You Heard From Johannesburg among others.

 

 

Lucie Faulkner

Lucie Faulknor (Co-director, Producer)

Lucie Faulknor is an arts management and documentary film professional. Founder at Serendipity Films, LLC, she produced the award-winning documentary Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans. Lucie has worked with SFJAZZ, City Arts & Lectures, Dublin Fringe Festival, and more. She holds a Master of Nonprofit Administration.