FREE FOR ALL: THE PUBLIC LIBRARY (Film Screening & Panel)

Watch the 2025 documentary FREE FOR ALL: THE PUBLIC LIBRARY at the Athena Cinema, followed by a panel with Athens County librarians. 

Hear 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.

Sponsored by WOUB, the Friends of the Athens County Public Libraries, The Retreat at Willow Creek, and Dirty Girl Coffee. 

(Rating TV-14, 1hr 24min)

*Free small popcorn for all!

*Although free, tickets are still required and will be available in the cinema lobby during open hours.