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A socially conscious drama about homelessness and civil disobedience that balances moral urgency with ambivalence about its own characters and outcomes.
An act of civil disobedience turns into a standoff with police when homeless people in Cincinnati take over the public library to seek shelter from the bitter cold.
Essence
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Alec Baldwin
Detective Bill Ramstead
Taylor Schilling
Angela
Emilio Estevez
Stuart
Jena Malone
Myra
Christian Slater
Josh Davis
Jacob Vargas
Ernesto Ramirez
Gabrielle Union
Rebecca Parks
Derek Polen
William Larsen
Michael Kenneth Williams
Jackson
Jeffrey Wright
Anderson
Rhymefest
Big George (as Che Rhymefest Smith)
Ki Hong Lee
Chip
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