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.
Cast
Crew
Dawn Logsdon
Director, Writer
Lucie Faulknor
Co-Director, Producer
Elizabeth Finlayson
Writer, Editor
Debra Schaffner
Editor
Vicente Franco
Director of Photography
Reed Harkness
Director of Photography
Ellen Schneider
Executive Producer
Marcia Smith
Executive Producer
Stanley Nelson
Executive Producer
Ellie McCutcheon
Associate Producer
Eric Risher
Associate Editor
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