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The Public

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Original title

The Public

Year

2018

Running time

122 min.

Country

United States

Director

Emilio Estévez

Screenwriter

Emilio Estévez

Cast

Music

Tyler Bates, Joanne Higginbottom

Cinematography

Juan Miguel Azpiroz

Producer

Hammerstone Studios, Cedarvale Pictures

Genre

Drama | Poverty

Synopsis

A sit-in by patrons at a public library escalates into a police standoff and a media sideshow. An unusually bitter Arctic blast has made its way to downtown Cincinnati. At odds with library officials over how to handle the extreme weather event, the patrons turn the building into a homeless shelter for the night by staging an "Occupy" sit in. What begins as an act of civil disobedience becomes a stand off with police and a rush-to-judgment media constantly speculating about what's really happening. This David versus Goliath story tackles some of our nation's most challenging issues, homelessness and mental illness and sets the drama inside one of the last bastions of democracy-in-action: your public library.

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The Public

2018

Emilio Estévez

6.0

(336)