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| "Ann Seidl's 'The Hollywood Librarian' is an engaging, often
humorous look at the disparity between the simplistic depictions of
bun-wearing, finger-shushing, spinster librarians served up in
Hollywood feature films and the far more complex reality of today's
savvy information navigators—of both genders, with or without tattoos
and/or piercings."
Randy
Pitman |
"The Hollywood Librarian is an illuminating portrait of
librarians as they have been portrayed in the movies--often
bespectacled, occasionally glamorous, sometimes too brainy for their
own good—juxtaposed with the real-life librarians, both men and women,
who are the gatekeepers of knowledge in an increasingly digital and
globalizing world. A touching, amusing, insightful and entirely
delightful film, The Hollywood Librarian also manages to make critical
points about how censorship still intrudes on our lives and how the
freedom to read remains a right we must all defend."
~Vartan
Gregorian |
"Brilliant! I had no idea it would be so moving. You'll
laugh. You'll weep. Then you'll bow your head and give thanks for what
you now realize is the last, best hope of democracy - your librarian."
~Alison
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