IndieWire

‘How to Build a Library’ Review: Two Nairobi Women Confront Colonialism’s Lasting Impact

Sundance: Directors Maia Lekow and Christopher King commit to capturing the years-long effort to revive three libraries in Kenya after decades of neglect. “How to Build a Library” begins in 2017.
Variety

‘How to Build a Library’ Review: Compassionate but Uneven Documentary Tracks the Reinvention of a Colonial Era Library in Kenya

The film has two charismatic protagonists, but directors Maia Lekow and Christopher King fail to render a complete portrait of their community. Shiro (a writer) and Wachuka (a publisher) are first ...
Variety

Maia Lekow and Christopher King on Sundance Doc ‘How to Build a Library’ and How the Story of Saving One Nairobi Library ‘Can Be the Blueprint’ for All of Africa ...

Two documentaries premiering at Sundance this weekend are set thousands of miles apart — in Nairobi, Kenya and Texas, respectively – but at the heart of their stories is the same thesis: the ...
The Gazette

Local students fundraising to build a library in Kenya

Horizon Middle School students (left to right) Malichi Melvin, Ella Moore and Olivia Fee brainstorm fundraising ideas for their afterschool club, the Kenya Read Project. (The Gazette, Eric Young) As ...