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Indie Lens Pop-Up - "Free for All: The Public Library"

05/31/2025 11:00 AM ET

Admission

  • Free

Location

Red River Theatres
11 S Main St, Ste L1-1
Concord, NH 03301

Summary

FREE Indie Lens Pop-Up screening of "Free for All: The Public Library", followed by a post-film discussion. “Free for All: The Public Library” tells the story of the quiet revolutionaries who created a civic institution where everything is free and the doors are open to all.

Description

SATURDAY, MAY 31 AT 11:00 AM
Join us at Red River Theatres for a free Indie Lens Pop-Up screening and community-driven conversation!
 
Indie Lens Pop-Up presents "Free for All: The Public Library," the story of a simple idea that shaped a nation
 
Join us on Saturday, May 31 at 11am for a free screening of FREE FOR ALL: THE PUBLIC LIBRARY, followed by an engaging and interactive post-film discussion with Susan Drisko Zago, Law Library Director and Professor of Law at UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law. This special community event is FREE and open to the public. Register now to save your seat!
 
This event is brought to you by Indie Lens Pop-Up, presented by IVTS, INDEPENDENT LENS, and Red River Theatres.
Film Title “Free for All: The Public Library” in bold white text, with Indie Lens Pop-Up logo over a photo of a young person sitting at a brightly lit desk with their head down in focus. The background is dimly lit, with floor to ceiling bookshelves covering the walls.FREE FOR ALL: THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
By Dawn Logsdon and Lucie Faulknor
60 min / 2025
 
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. Click here to watch the trailer

About Indie Lens Pop-Up
Indie Lens Pop-Up is a community series that brings people together for film screenings and community-driven conversations. Featuring documentaries seen on PBS’s Independent Lens, Indie Lens Pop-Up draws local residents, leaders, and organizations to discuss what matters most, from newsworthy topics and social issues, to family and community relationships. Learn more at pbs.org/indielenspopup.
 
Image: Special Collections at the Boston Public Library.