SAN DIEGO — The Public
The Public is a film about a group of homeless people who seek refuge in Cincinnati’s downtown public library during a bitterly cold Midwestern winter evening. What begins as an act of civil disobedience becomes a stand-off with police. This David versus Goliath story tackles some of our nation's most challenging issues, homelessness and mental illness and sets the drama inside one of the last bastions of democracy-in-action: your public library.
The journey of The Public began over 11 years ago. It was originally inspired by a moving 2007 essay called Written Off by Chip Ward, a now-retired assistant director of the Salt Lake City Public Library System. The all-star cast of the film includes -- Estevez, Alec Baldwin, Jena Malone, Taylor Schilling, Christian Slater, Gabrielle Union and Jacob Vargas, among others.
Emilio Estevez is an actor, director, and writer. Estevez started his career as an actor and is well known for being a member of the acting Brat Pack of the 1980s, starring in The Breakfast Club, St. Elmo's Fire, and acting in the 1983 hit movie The Outsiders. He is also known for Repo Man, The Mighty Ducks and its sequels, Stakeout and Another Stakeout, Maximum Overdrive, Bobby (which he also wrote and directed), and his performances in Western films such as Young Guns and its sequel.
Emilio Estevez stars and directs in an all-star cast in his new film "The Public"
The drama is about a group pf homeless people who seek refuge during a bitter cold Midwestern storm in the public library - and tackles some of our country’s most challenging issues - homelessness, mental illness, and democracy itself.