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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

And I think the challenge would be how do we, we want to position ourselves as helpful...

And I think the challenge would be how do we, we want to position ourselves as helpful advocates yet... for the city, um, you know, but a little distance from it

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And I think the challenge
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would be how do we, we want to position ourselves
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as helpful advocates yet... for the city, um,
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you know, but a little distance from it.
Duration
16 seconds
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25
Timestamp in Movie
01:09:39
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.
This isn't a... it would be a partnership, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:12
This isn't a... it would be a partnership,
And now, you know, last week they planted the millionth tree. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
And now, you know, last week they planted the millionth...
For the library, with CUFF or whatnot, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
For the library, with CUFF or whatnot,
Here is what it looks like neighborhood, region by region." - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:18
Here is what it looks like neighborhood, region by...
I just want us to make sure - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
I just want us to make sure
And I don't mean to make that something minor. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
And I don't mean to make that something minor.
But that is honestly simply just not enough... - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
But that is honestly simply just not enough...
So it's what's, what more, like what kind of society... - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
So it's what's, what more, like what kind of...
Well, there's a skill, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
Well, there's a skill,
And then it's changing, right, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
And then it's changing, right,
The bandwidth we secure for them now - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
The bandwidth we secure for them now
And the skills that you learn today - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:21
And the skills that you learn today
So it's not that broadband isn't crucial - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
So it's not that broadband isn't crucial
If we can widen the focus - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
If we can widen the focus
Look, this project succeeded because it got us to this point. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
Look, this project succeeded because it got us to this...
I wanted to ask you - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
I wanted to ask you
Do I see myself as a political poet? - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
Do I see myself as a political poet?
I mean you use, I mean, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:21
I mean you use, I mean,
Well, I think language is political, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:12
Well, I think language is political,
I think it was, um, Richard Wright who said - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:15
I think it was, um, Richard Wright who said