How to Build a Library

Name: How to Build a Library
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 2025-11-21
Duration: 1 h 43 min

How to Build a Library (2025)

Timing: 1:43 (103 min)

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Release date

2025-11-21

Country

Kenya, United Kingdom

Production

One Story Up Productions, Fork Films, Artemis Rising, Doc Society, Circle & Square Productions

Genre

Documentary, History

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Website

https://www.circleandsquare.tv/

Director

Christopher King, Maia Lekow

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Scenario

Christopher King, Ricardo Acosta

Producer

Christopher King, Maia Lekow, Roger Ross Williams, Geralyn White Dreyfous, Regina K. Scully, Geoff Martz, Judy Kibinge, Jamie Wolf, Nathalie Seaver, Maxyne Franklin

Operator

Composer

Katya Mihailova

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Editing

Christopher King, Ricardo Acosta, Michael Onyiego
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Short description

Two intrepid Nairobi women decide to transform what used to be a whites-only library until 1958 into a vibrant cultural hub. Along the way, they must navigate local politics, raise millions for the rebuild, and confront the lingering ghosts of Kenya’s colonial past.

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