Independent Lens

Season 26, Episode 16

Episode Title: Free For All: The Public Library

Air Date: 2025-04-29

Overview:

Free For All: The Public Library 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.