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- In The Public, an unusually bitter Arctic blast has made its way to downtown Cincinnati and the front doors of the public library where the action of the film takes place. At odds with library officials over how to handle the extreme weather event, some homeless patrons turn the building into a shelter for the night by staging an "Occupy" sit in.
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The Public is a 2018 American drama film directed and written by Emilio Estevez, who also stars in the film alongside an ensemble cast including Alec Baldwin, Jena Malone, Christian Slater, Gabrielle Union, Taylor Schilling, Jacob Vargas, Michael Kenneth Williams, and Jeffrey Wright.
The Public: Directed by Emilio Estevez. With Alec Baldwin, Taylor Schilling, Emilio Estevez, Jena Malone. An act of civil disobedience turns into a standoff with police when homeless people in Cincinnati take over the public library to seek shelter from the bitter cold.
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- Drama
- Emilio Estevez
- 2019-07-25
- A Creative Premise with A Powerful Message
- Librarians Are The Real Heroes
- Changing How We Think About Homeless People
- Conclusion:The Public
In The Public, Emilio Estevezis stuck in a library once again. But compared to The Breakfast Club, things are much different this time around. Estevezdirects, writes, and stars as Stuart Goodson, a librarian at the Cincinnati Public Library. A group of homeless people frequently visit the library, especially to escape from a particularly brutal win...
The idea of homeless people seeking shelter in public libraries isn’t a matter of fiction. In fact, Estevez’s inspiration for the film stems from the 2007 essay “Written Off”by Chip Ward, former assistant director of the Salt Lake City Public Library. When The Publicscreened at Cinequest in San Jose, Estevezwas accompanied on stage by local librari...
The Public is arguably heavy-handed in its message, but it’s one that demands to be heard. Last year, approximately 553,000 people in the United Statesexperienced homelessness on any given night. The Public’s three-dimensional characters and thoughtful script work to encourage viewers to see homeless people from a new perspective. The depth of thes...
In an interview with The Washington Post, Estevezdeclares that he hopes the film “may inspire people to look at mental illness differently, at homelessness differently, to look at libraries differently, to actually go into a library.” The Publicdoes all that and more. The film is a powerful reminder to be kind, put our biases aside, and appreciate ...
Apr 5, 2019 · “The Public” refers both to the Cincinnati public library where most of the story takes place and to the larger public, the individuals and the idea of the public good or the public interest. And Estevez plays the main character, a librarian named Stuart Goodson.
Apr 11, 2019 · The concept of the film, a librarian’s role, and depictions of the homeless population that are mentally ill and impoverished are accurate. To illustrate that point, there is a scene where a homeless patron’s naked and causing a scene in a public library. If you research it, it happens more frequently than you think. It’s genuine.
Apr 2, 2019 · In “The Public,” the director-writer-star tackles addiction, mental illness, global warming and, most of all, homelessness, sermonizing about how social systems fail the least fortunate.
Apr 4, 2019 · The bulk of the movie takes place inside a public library in Cincinnati as the city braces for a cold snap. Estevez plays Stuart Goodson, a librarian on easy conversational terms with the...
