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‘The Library That Dolly Built’ Gets Dec. 9 Online Premiere

December 2, 2020 by Amanda Pruitt

Dollywood and Abramorama in association with The Dollywood Foundation have partnered to present a free one-night-only live streaming world premiere event for The Library That Dolly Built, the Land Grant Films documentary about Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.

Originally scheduled as a nationwide live event on more than 300 screens this spring, the world premiere for The Library That Dolly Built has been reimagined as a free live stream screening of the film, exclusively on Facebook, available nationally on Wednesday, Dec. 9, at 7 p.m. ET. The screening will be followed by a conversation with Dolly Parton, who will also … Read more “‘The Library That Dolly Built’ Gets Dec. 9 Online Premiere”

Filed Under: Featured Story, News Tagged With: Dolly Parton, Imagination Library, Land Grant Films, The Library That Dolly Built

Knox County Library Honors Geidner, ‘The Library that Dolly Built’

October 7, 2020 by Ciera Noe

Knox County Library honored journalism and electronic media associate professor Nick Geidner by presenting him with its 2020 Seeds of Imagination Award on Sept. 17 for his work on the Land Grant Films’ documentary “The Library that Dolly Built.”

This documentary takes viewers behind the scenes of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, which provides registered children with one free book each month from when they are born to when they turn five years old.

Geidner, who directed and produced the film, has personal experience with this program.

“My oldest son got the Imagination Library books, and we just … Read more “Knox County Library Honors Geidner, ‘The Library that Dolly Built’”

Filed Under: Faculty News, Featured Story, News Tagged With: Dolly Parton, Imagination Library, Knox County Library, Land Grant Films, Nick Geidner, The Library That Dolly Built

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