
The Banker(2020)
In the 1960s, two entrepreneurs hatch an ingenious business plan to fight for housing integration—and equal access to the American Dream.


“Every story matters.”
An act of civil disobedience turns into a standoff with police when homeless people in Cincinnati take over the public library to seek shelter from the bitter cold.

Alec Baldwin
Detective Bill Ramstead

Taylor Schilling
Angela

Emilio Estevez
Stuart

Jena Malone
Myra

Christian Slater
Josh Davis

Jacob Vargas
Ernesto Ramirez

Gabrielle Union
Rebecca Parks
Derek Polen
William Larsen

Michael Kenneth Williams
Jackson

Jeffrey Wright
Anderson
The Public is a drama film released in 2019 exploring themes of library, affectation, cincinnati, angry, absurd, admiring. Directed by Emilio Estevez, it stars Alec Baldwin, Taylor Schilling, Emilio Estevez. An act of civil disobedience turns into a standoff with police when homeless people in Cincinnati take over the public library to seek shelter from the bitter cold.
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