Widespread screening events are expanding the audience for “Free for All: The Public Library,” an Independent Lens documentary that explores the crucial role of American libraries throughout history ...

The film follows the school and public librarians fighting back against a coordinated effort to ban books focused on race and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Free for All: The Public Library," a new documentary airing on PBS' "Independent Lens" April 29, charts the path of the American ...

The new PBS Independent Lens documentary about America's public library system arrives with a very clever, two-edged title: Free for All: The Public Library. The "Free for All" part refers, of course, ...

Denver Public Library’s Chris Loffelmacher wants people to see the DPL as “a community gathering spot where citizens can be with their ‘tribe.’ That has always been a goal of libraries, but it has ...

The Westbury Memorial Public Library peered deep into its archives to uncover intriguing stories for the creation of the new historical documentary “Dear Miss Overton.” Enriched by memorabilia from ...

The PBS series "Independent Lens" explores the crucial role of public libraries in new documentary. "Free For All" looks at the history of public libraries and efforts to ban books and reduce funding ...

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Join SMRLD to celebrate National Library Week with a screening of a new PBS documentary, “Free for All.” The film explores how public libraries shaped this country and continue to be a sanctuary for ...

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When New Orleans was battening down in the 1960s for the arrival of Hurricane Betsy, Dawn Logsdon’s mother was preparing by getting children’s books from the library to read by candlelight. “From that ...