Free for all: The Public Library Free Film Screening In-Person
“Free for All: The Public Library” tells the story of the quiet revolutionaries who created a civic institution where everything is free and the doors are open to all. The public library is one of America’s most valued yet endangered institutions. 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.
Following the film, there will be a community Q&A session led by Monroe Free Library Director, Amanda Primiano.
This event is co-sponsored by the Woodbury Public Library and the Monroe Free Library.