film

How to Build a Library

Feature length film Completed 2025

Perspective Fund

Director, Producer

Maia Lekow

 

Director, Producer

Christopher King

 

 

Two intrepid Nairobi women decide to transform what used to be a whites-only library until 1958 into a vibrant cultural hub. Along the way, they must navigate local politics, raise millions for the rebuild, and confront the lingering ghosts of Kenya’s colonial past.

Crew