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WOUB is celebrating Women’s History Month across the region with screenings of “Free for All: The Public Library”


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ATHENS, OH – Indie Lens Pop-Up, presented by ITVS, INDEPENDENT LENS, and WOUB Public Media are partnering with Ohio University’s regional campuses and libraries across the area to celebrate Women’s History Month with screenings of Free for All: The Public Library.

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.

The series will premiere on WOUB TV on Tuesday, April 29 at 10 p.m. ET on PBS and the PBS app.

The regional screening events are free and open to the public. Dates, times and locations are listed below:

  • Monday, March 10 at 6:30 p.m. – Coshocton County District Library, 655 Main Street, Coshocton, OH
  • Tuesday, March 25 at 6 p.m. – Ohio University Chillicothe Bennett Hall Auditorium, 101 University Drive, Chillicothe, OH (Co-sponsored by the Chillicothe and Ross County Public Library with panel discussion to follow)
  • Thursday, March 27 at 5:30 p.m. – Ohio University Southern Riffe Rotunda, 1804 Liberty Avenue Ironton, OH (Panel discussion with librarians to follow)
  • Thursday, March 27 at 6:00 p.m. – Ohio University Lancaster, 1570 Granville Pike Rd., Brasee Hall, Room 211, Lancaster, OH

For more information, visit Independent Lens.

 

About Indie Lens Pop-Up

Indie Lens Pop-Up is a community series that brings people together for film screenings and conversations. Featuring documentaries seen on PBS’s INDEPENDENT LENS, Indie Lens Pop-Up draws local residents, leaders, and organizations to discuss what matters most. Learn more at pbs.org/indielenspopup. 

 

About INDEPENDENT LENS

INDEPENDENT LENS is an Emmy® Award-winning PBS documentary series. With founding executive producer Lois Vossen, the series has been honored with 10 Academy Award nominations and features documentaries united by the creative freedom, artistic achievement, and unflinching visions of independent filmmakers. Presented by ITVS, INDEPENDENT LENS is funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Acton Family Giving, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Ford Foundation, Park Foundation, Wyncote Foundation, and National Endowment for the Arts. Stream anytime on the PBS app. For more visit pbs.org/independentlens.