"How to Build a Library"

Screening and Q&Aä

METRO Kinokulturhaus
Johannesgasse 4
1010 Wien

Mittwoch, 15. April 2026, 20:00 - 23:00

Screening of the documentary "How to Build a Library" followed by a Q&A with Wanjiru Koinange (Book Bunk Founder & Managing Trustee) and Marianne Wamuyu (Book Bunk Programmes Director). In 2017, two intrepid young women, Wanjiru Koinange and Angela Wachuka decide to transform a dusty old relic of British colonial oppression: The McMillan Memorial Library in Nairobi, Kenia. For the first 26 years of its existence, Black people were not even allowed to enter it. Can a place like this be turned into a vibrant space for Nairobi’s modern-day community? Over eight years, directors Maia Lekow and Christopher King chronicle the struggles the two activists face on this extraordinary journey of remodeling, reclaiming, and decolonizing. "How to Build a Library" is a powerful reflection on libraries as archives of painful pasts and their potential as sites for community representation and social change. Tickets are available through METRO Kinokulturhaus.

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