‘How to Build a Library’ Review: Compassionate but Uneven Documentary Tracks the Reinvention of a Colonial Era Library in Kenya
variety.comMurtada Elfadl How can one tackle the effects of colonialism on indigenous African people more than half a century after most nations on the continent got their independence?
In “How to Build a Library,” directors Maia Lekow and Christopher King choose a straightforward, methodical route. Their doc follows two Kenyan women as they try to transform a colonial era derelict library in downtown Nairobi.
This humongous task demands patience, tenacity and a willingness to confront the past. Lekow and King bring the same skills to their film, but their task remains too vast and complicated for easy answers.
Shiro (a writer) and Wachuka (a publisher) are first seen in 2018, taking on the project of caring for the McMillian Library, a historical institution privately built by British settlers and currently owned by the government.
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