Director Richard Linklater and Ferguson Librarian Scott Bonner

Nerdette

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4.7 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2015

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Richard Linklater explains why it took 12 years to make his new film Boyhood. Scott Bonner, who runs the Public Library in Ferguson, Mo., talks about how he made the library a safe space. We remember Great Lady Nerd of History Audre Lorde. And there's a real nerdy Oscars nerd confession.

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0:17.2	W be easy in Chicago this is nerd at.
0:20.1	Coming up we talk to director Richard Link later about boyhood and being a movie nerd.
0:24.8	If film is painting, time is the paint itself.
0:29.0	You know, so it's what you do with it.
0:30.6	Plus a conversation with the Head Librarian from Ferguson, Missouri about what's happening now that the TV crews have left and people are trying to rebuild their community.
0:38.0	Being the center of a community, a nexus, a meeting place, is exactly what a library does.
0:42.0	Then we get to know great lady nerd of history. a meeting place is exactly what a library does.
0:42.6	Then we get to know Great Lady Nerd of History, Audrey Lord.
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