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.
Watch the official Free for All: The Public Library 2025 trailer in HD below.
Laurie Anderson as Self
Lolis Eric Elie as Self
JoNell Kennedy as Self
Jill Lepore as Self
David Nasaw as Self
Ellen Schneider Executive Producer
Stanley Nelson Executive Producer
Vicente Franco Director of Photography
Lucie Faulknor Producer
Eric "Ash" Risher Associate Editor
United States 29 April 2025
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