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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

Um, it's trying to take traditional literature and traditional, like, like, ideas of what...

Um, it's trying to take traditional literature and traditional, like, like, ideas of what it means to be intellectual and academic and educated

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Um, it's trying to take traditional literature
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and traditional, like, like, ideas of what it means
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to be intellectual and academic and educated...
Duration
14 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
01:33:14
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.
And how it was the actual boredom - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
And how it was the actual boredom
I feel so similar to that so, so frequently. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
I feel so similar to that so, so frequently.
I, I read these things, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:23
I, I read these things,
So I hope that one of the things - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:14
So I hope that one of the things
Um, it can develop in a organic and genuine way. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
Um, it can develop in a organic and genuine way.
So I'm going to read this last piece, um. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
So I'm going to read this last piece, um.
"When this man enters a room - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:45
"When this man enters a room
"He is a man because he claims he's claimed his identity - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:20
"He is a man because he claims he's claimed his...
"Girl I don't know so well, under my left arm - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
"Girl I don't know so well, under my left arm
"I sit under a poster of Hendrix with Mona Lisa-like eyes - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:14
"I sit under a poster of Hendrix with Mona Lisa-like...
"Before the intrigue of standing tall swallowed my skin - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:38
"Before the intrigue of standing tall swallowed my skin
"What makes a man, and what have they done with Motown's tongue? - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
"What makes a man, and what have they done with...
"When did the sound of my own breath - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:14
"When did the sound of my own breath
"In the morning, wake me up - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:15
"In the morning, wake me up
"I know my carpet may not taste as sweet as the golden gates - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:27
"I know my carpet may not taste as sweet as the golden...
"Could you, could you love me just as hard - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
"Could you, could you love me just as hard
"If, if I'd rather, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:44
"If, if I'd rather,
The way that my staff can help, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
The way that my staff can help,
You know, as you're navigating through government, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
You know, as you're navigating through government,
You may have a question about - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:18
You may have a question about