Documentary Film · 58 Minutes
A feature-length documentary. Young adult authors from across the United States sit down and speak honestly about one of the most urgent — and most ignored — challenges in American education.
Where It Was Filmed
This documentary wasn't shot in a studio or a conference room. It was filmed inside one of Seattle's great independent bookstores — three floors of curated used and rare books, a spiral staircase, and, usually, a shop cat or two. The kind of place that makes you believe books still matter.
Ophelia's Books has been a fixture of the Fremont neighborhood since 1997. The setting isn't incidental — it's part of what makes this film feel like it belongs to the world of books, not the world of education policy.
"The biggest surprise on the library shelf is when you suddenly find yourself inside a book — the hidden you. You wonder how the author knew."— Beverly McLoughland