BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Demco Software//Event Management System//EN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20190129T070622Z DTSTAMP:20190129T070622Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220912T135934Z DESCRIPTION:(USA\, 2019\, 119 min.\, color\, DVD\, PG-13)Starring Emilio\nEstevez and Alec BaldwinIn "the public" an unusually bitter\nArctic blast has made its way to downtown Cincinnati and the front doors of the\npublic library where the action of the film takes place. The story revolves\naround the library patrons\, many of whom are homeless\, mentally ill and\nmarginalized\, as well as an exhausted and overwhelmed staff of librarians who\noften build emotional connections and a sense of obligation to care for those\nregular patrons. At odds with library officials over how to handle the extreme\nweather event\, the Patrons turn the building into a homeless shelter for the\nnight by staging an "Occupy" sit in. What begins as an act of civil\ndisobedience becomes a standoff with police and a rush-to-judgment media\nconstantly speculating about what's really happening. This David versus Goliath\nstory tackles some of our nation's most challenging issues\, homelessness and\nmental illness and sets the drama inside one of the last bastions of\ndemocracy-in-action: your public library. – IMDb.com\n\n\n\n\n\n“Writer-director-star Emilio Estevez turns a\nlibrary occupied by homeless citizens as ground zero for our under-fire\ndemocracy. Bravo!” – Peter Travers\, Rolling Stone\, 4/13/2019This program is made possible in part with public\nfunds from the Electronic Media and Film Program of the State of the New York\nState Council of the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New\nYork State Legislature. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
(USA\, 2019\, 119 min.\, color\, DVD\, PG-13)
Starring Emilio\nEstevez and Alec Baldwin
In "the public" an unusually bitter\nArctic blast has made its way to downtown Cincinnati and the front doors of the\npublic library where the action of the film takes place. The story revolves\naround the library patrons\, many of whom are homeless\, mentally ill and\nmarginalized\, as well as an exhausted and overwhelmed staff of librarians who\noften build emotional connections and a sense of obligation to care for those\nregular patrons. At odds with library officials over how to handle the extreme\nweather event\, the Patrons turn the building into a homeless shelter for the\nnight by staging an "Occupy" sit in. What begins as an act of civil\ndisobedience becomes a standoff with police and a rush-to-judgment media\nconstantly speculating about what's really happening. This David versus Goliath\nstory tackles some of our nation's most challenging issues\, homelessness and\nmental illness and sets the drama inside one of the last bastions of\ndemocracy-in-action: your public library. – IMDb.com
\n\n\n\n\n\n“Writer-director-star Emilio Estevez turns a\nlibrary occupied by homeless citizens as ground zero for our under-fire\ndemocracy. Bravo!” – Peter Travers\, Rolling Stone\, 4/13/2019
This program is made possible in part with public\nfunds from the Electronic Media and Film Program of the State of the New York\nState Council of the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New\nYork State Legislature.