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Global Lens Goes Public!

By The Global Film Initiative, on March 10th, 2012%

The Brooklyn Public Library

Our public library program is in full swing this spring with the Brooklyn Public Library! San Francisco and Missoula are next, with Memphis and Park City on the horizon…

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: we love public libraries. From their goals of public education and engagement, to the diverse architecture of buildings large and small all across the country—they are cultural icons that hold a physical space in every community, and represent a truly free exchange of ideas that we cherish.

And so, this month, in homage to our ever-growing affinity for public libraries, our friends at the Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) will be presenting our most favorite film series, Global Lens 2012, to audiences in one of New York’s most celebrated boroughs.

Why? Because BPL is one of a handful of lucky institutions invited this year to join our Global Lens Public Library Program, which we launched last year to promote education and cultural literacy in communities all throughout the United States (some of you may remember that we partnered with the Association for Rural and Small Libraries to kick off the program).

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NOW PLAYING: Memphis Public Library, Palm Springs Art Museum and more!

By The Global Film Initiative, on November 29th, 2011%

Films from the Global Lens 2011 film series are now playing at the following venues and festivals across the U.S. and Canada:

Memphis Public Library (Memphis, TN): Presenting the complete Global Lens 2011 film series Check the film calendar for screening information

Click on the map above to find a Global Lens screening near you!

Palm Springs Art Museum (Palm Springs, CA): Presenting the complete Global Lens 2011 film series Check the film calendar for screening information

Tampa Museum of Art/Gasparilla International Film Festival (Tampa, FL): Presenting the complete Global Lens 2011 film series Check the film calendar for screening information

Kent State University (Kent, OH): Presenting the complete Global Lens 2011 film series Check the film calendar for screening information

The University of Texas-Pan American (Edinburg, TX): Presenting the complete Global Lens 2011 film series

Global Lens now playing on Virgin American flights!

Check the film calendar

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