Katherine Hepburn is a brilliant and detailed librarian whose talents are challenged by the rumoured arrival of an advanced computer system
“One of the greatest movies of Mr. Wiseman’s extraordinary career”
—The New York Times
—The New York Times
Prolific chronicler of American life Frederick Wiseman goes behind the scenes of one of the greatest knowledge institutions in the world in this 2017 slice-of-life documentary. With 92 locations throughout Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island, the New York Public Library system is a resource for all the inhabitants of our multifaceted and cosmopolitan city and beyond. Lovingly depicted here by a master filmmaker, the library shines in Ex Libris as a resource, forum, workplace, and indispensable public good.
“One of the greatest movies of Mr. Wiseman’s extraordinary career”
—The New York Times
—The New York Times
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