Variety

‘How to Build a Library’ Review: Compassionate but Uneven Documentary Tracks the Reinvention of a Colonial Era Library in Kenya

The film has two charismatic protagonists, but directors Maia Lekow and Christopher King fail to render a complete portrait of their community. Shiro (a writer) and Wachuka (a publisher) are first ...
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‘How To Build A Library’ Directors On Why Libraries Are So Important In Countries Like Kenya

Amid a sea of newer buildings that make up Nairobi’s central business district, McMillan Memorial Library, the oldest of its kind in the East African hub, is an outlier. Nestled in the heart of the ...
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‘How to Build a Library’ Review: Two Nairobi Women Confront Colonialism’s Lasting Impact

Sundance: Directors Maia Lekow and Christopher King commit to capturing the years-long effort to revive three libraries in Kenya after decades of neglect. “How to Build a Library” begins in 2017.
Variety

Maia Lekow and Christopher King on Sundance Doc ‘How to Build a Library’ and How the Story of Saving One Nairobi Library ‘Can Be the Blueprint’ for All of Africa ...

Two documentaries premiering at Sundance this weekend are set thousands of miles apart — in Nairobi, Kenya and Texas, respectively – but at the heart of their stories is the same thesis: the ...
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‘How to Build a Library' Review: Compassionate but Uneven Documentary Tracks the Reinvention of a Colonial Era Library in Kenya

How can one tackle the effects of colonialism on indigenous African people more than half a century after most nations on the continent got their independence? In "How to Build a Library," directors ...