How I Library

Episode 17: Dawn Logsdon and Lucie Faulknor


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In episode 17, show host Phil Morehart from the American Library Association speaks with filmmakers Dawn Logsdon and Lucie Faulknor about their new documentary, “Free for All: The Public Library,” which premieres April 29 on PBS’s Independent Lens.
“Free for All: The Public Library” is a love letter to America’s libraries that follows Logsdon and Faulknor as they travel across the United States to examine the history of our libraries and the unsung heroes behind them, from the pioneering women behind the “Free Library Movement” of the late 19th century to the librarians whose influence helped ignite the Harlem Renaissance and other artistic and social movements to today’s librarians who serve us all despite book bans and threats to their lives.
Logsdon and Faulkner join to show to discuss the film, its production, and some of its featured luminaries, the library’s place in American life today, book bans, and of course, how they library.
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