Sat, March 15, 2pm at the the Searsmont Community Hall [Snow date, Sat, March 22, 2pm]
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Please join the Liberty, Appleton, and Searsmont libraries at the Searsmont Community Center for a special preview viewing of a new IndieLens documentary by Dawn Logsdon and Lucie Faulknor: Free For All: the Public Library.
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This inspiring film is about how public libraries shaped the country and continue to be a sanctuary for Americans everywhere. It 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 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.
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A post-screening discussion will be led by Denise Pendleton (STL Board of Trustees). The total event will run about 2 hours.
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.Free For All will air on PBS on April 29.