How to Build a Library (2025)

Name: How to Build a Library
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2025
Duration: 103 min

Directed by Maia Lekow with Chris King · 1 h 43 min

Year: 2025
Running time: 1 h 43 min
Countries: United States and Kenya

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About the film

How to Build a Library is a 2025 Kenyan-American documentary film, directed and produced by Maia Lekow and Christopher King. It follows Shiro Koinange and Angela Wachuka, as they restore McMillan Memorial Library, Nairobi.

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Title	How to Build a Library
Year	2025
Directed by	Maia Lekow and Chris King
Runs	1 h 43 min
IMDb	tt21104356
Wikidata	Q131971628

Source: Wikidata (CC0), read Fri Oct 16.

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