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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Video for the film How to Build a Library — How to Build a Library [OFFICIAL TRAILER] Kenya 2025

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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

Budget

Box office

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

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Composer

Katya Mihailova

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Audition

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.