'How to Build a Library' and Hot Honey Buttermilk Steak

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The Cinetopia Film Festival has hit Ann Arbor and our Saturday pick was 'How To Build a Library'. 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. Kenyan publisher Angela Wachuka and writer Shiro (Wanjiku) Koinange quit their jobs to start a non-profit organisation named "Book Bunk" and, as their third project, to restore the famous, neo-classical McMillian Library. Along the way, they navigate local politics and confront Kenya's colonial past.

This led to a back and forth about the importance of finding a project in life that you can be passionate about and why it's important, especially as you age, to not let go of such a pursuit.

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Directed by Maia Lekow and Christopher King

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I totally ripped this synopsis from Wikipedia. Sue me - I was pressed for time.

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