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And I do believe that as much as we need rules
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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

And I do believe that as much as we need rules, and as much as we need institutions, in...

And I do believe that as much as we need rules, and as much as we need institutions, in the end we need a change of culture in this town that says, you know, "There may be people who are scary, "but there're all other people who we should just be helping, right, as regulars in our neighborhood." But you... And I don't know how to do that, right?

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And I do believe that as much as we need rules,
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and as much as we need institutions,
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in the end we need a change of culture in this town
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that says, you know,
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"There may be people who are scary,
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"but there're all other people who we should just be helping,
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right, as regulars in our neighborhood."
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But you... And I don't know how to do that, right?
Duration
24 seconds
Views
34
Timestamp in Movie
02:21:36
Uploaded
Oct 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Zipporah Films,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,PBS

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A look within the walls of the New York Public Library.
You know, the mayor's made this commitment - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:10
You know, the mayor's made this commitment
I think that they're developing a plan to be able to do it. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
I think that they're developing a plan to be able to do...
And we house in this room three collections. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
And we house in this room three collections.
The Print Collection, the Photo Collection, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
The Print Collection, the Photo Collection,
The Print Collection, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
The Print Collection,
And in our Photographic Collection, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
And in our Photographic Collection,
And this present collection that is - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
And this present collection that is
We have prints from around the world. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
We have prints from around the world.
Everything is started with printmaking around the 1400s. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
Everything is started with printmaking around the 1400s.
There are some samples, early samples from the 1300s, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
There are some samples, early samples from the 1300s,
The first print is Albert Dürer, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
The first print is Albert Dürer,
Dürer used to sell these outside - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
Dürer used to sell these outside
This is a kind of newspaper - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
This is a kind of newspaper
It's telling a story about the king of Portugal - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:12
It's telling a story about the king of Portugal
In 1515, a rhinoceros, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
In 1515, a rhinoceros,
And that rhinoceros arrived to, uh, to Lisbon, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:14
And that rhinoceros arrived to, uh, to Lisbon,
But when the rhinoceros was going to Rome, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
But when the rhinoceros was going to Rome,
There was a very strong storm in the Mediterranean, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
There was a very strong storm in the Mediterranean,
Dürer was in Nuremberg, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:12
Dürer was in Nuremberg,
People were buying these things, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
People were buying these things,