Library Science Film Festival

You are cordially invited to attend
a series of films that explore
the various roles of libraries in society
in the Library Science Film Festival
hosted at New Haven Free Public Library
January 24-26, 2012
 
The following films will be screened at the Main Branch:
 
Tuesday, Jan. 24
6 pm: Hollywood Librarian: A Look at Librarians Through Film
(2007, 96 min.)
Featuring author Ray Bradbury
 
Wednesday, Jan. 25 
4:30 pm: Out Of Obscurity (2000, 40 min., documentary)
   In 1939 five young men protest in favor of opening Virginia public library
to African Americans
6 pm: Storm Center (1956, 85 min.)
Bette Davis is small-town librarian who fights book banning.
 
Thursday, Jan. 26 
 6 pm: Desk Set (1957, 103 min).
Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy spar over tech "improvements" 
 in a metropolitan newspaper library.
 
There is no charge and free parking is available after 4 pm
No registration is required!
 
Library Science is an ArtSpace project made possible through support of the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the David T. Langrock Foundation, in collaboration with the Connecticut Library Consortium and libraries throughout Connecticut.