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And you see the print before, he's very joyful, you know
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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

And you see the print before, he's very joyful, you know, wearing fancy clothing, but here...

and you see the print before, he's very joyful, you know, wearing fancy clothing, but here he's sitting on the window, and you see an introspective artist

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and you see the print before, he's very joyful, you know,
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wearing fancy clothing,
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but here he's sitting on the window,
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and you see an introspective artist.
Duration
19 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
02:24:48
Uploaded
Oct 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Zipporah Films,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,PBS

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Movie Summary

A look within the walls of the New York Public Library.
Some people think that this print - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:14
Some people think that this print
Come on, big smiles. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
Come on, big smiles.
61% of the library's expense funding - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
61% of the library's expense funding
It's obvious, we want to engage our elected officials, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
It's obvious, we want to engage our elected officials,
My good friend, Councilmember Andy King, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:12
My good friend, Councilmember Andy King,
Community boards, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
Community boards,
PB, we're going to PB meetings, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
PB, we're going to PB meetings,
If we're not participating, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
If we're not participating,
We're out there trying to improve the lives - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
We're out there trying to improve the lives
How could we not try to build deeper relationships, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
How could we not try to build deeper relationships,
This is a relationship that we have with our community, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
This is a relationship that we have with our community,
To me, the biggest practical thing - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:16
To me, the biggest practical thing
Summer reading is community engagement and advocacy. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
Summer reading is community engagement and advocacy.
Any program you do is community engagement and advocacy. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
Any program you do is community engagement and advocacy.
Every time you go to a community board, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:14
Every time you go to a community board,
So what we're hoping is that - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:10
So what we're hoping is that
Some of us are always in our offices, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:17
Some of us are always in our offices,
But the more that we understand the budget cycle, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:12
But the more that we understand the budget cycle,
We did it, we got all this money, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
We did it, we got all this money,
"The budget wasn't baselined," - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
"The budget wasn't baselined,"