# How to Build a Library (2025)

**Genres:** Documentary

**Duration:** 103 min

**IMDb:** [7.2](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21104356/)

**Letterboxd:** [3.5](https://letterboxd.com/film/how-to-build-a-library/)

**Rotten Tomatoes:** [Tomatometer: n/a, Popcornmeter: n/a](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/how_to_build_a_library)

## Description

Two Kenyan women transform a dilapidated, junk-filled library in downtown Nairobi into a hub for the city's citizens and creatives.

## Details

**Premiere:** 26 Jan 2025

**Director:** Maia Lekow, Christopher King

**Cast:** Shiro, Wachuka, King Charles, Prince Philip, Queen Camilla, Queen Elizabeth II

**Countries:** Kenya

**Languages:** English, Swahili

**Open-air showtimes:** No

**Trailer:** [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR_oycTrDIc)

## Showtimes in Frankfurt

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