Glen Lake Library celebrates National Library Week with “Free for All” film

From staff reports

The Glen Lake Community Library will host a special community screening of Free for All: The Public Library on Wednesday, April 9, at 7 pm—as part of its National Library Week celebration. The film tells the story of the quiet revolutionaries who created a civic institution where everything is free and the doors are open to all. Director Dawn Logsdon travels the United States, discovering historic and modern-day figures, especially women, who contributed to the library’s integral position within democracy.

Free for All chronicles the evolution of the nation’s public libraries, tracing the battles over who can enter, what belongs there, and who makes these decisions, while exploring how public commons are defined and defended. The screening is made possible by a partnership between Indie Lens Pop-Up and Independent Lens, an Emmy® Award-winning PBS documentary series. For more information, visit the library’s website: glenlakelibrary.net/Events.

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