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Free For All: the Public Library
2025-05-05 19:00:00 2025-05-05 20:30:00 America/New_York Free For All: the Public Library From PBS's Independent Lens series, this documentary shows how public libraries shaped the country and continue to be a sanctuary for Americans everywhere. Rocky River Public Library - Auditorium

Monday, May 05
7:00pm - 8:30pm

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From PBS's Independent Lens series, this documentary shows how public libraries shaped the country and continue to be a sanctuary for Americans everywhere.

From PBS’s Independent Lens series, with support from Indie Lens Pop Up and Ideastream, this documentary 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.

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | General |

TAGS: | AGE 19+ |

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Rocky River Public Library is an independent public library and partcipating member of the CLEVNET consortium.  The library has been serving the community of Rocky River since 1928.  

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