CinemaOSMovie · 2019 · 0h 59m

A Word for Human

60%(1)IMDbDocumentary

The library is a stronghold of humanism, but today libraries are more than places for borrowing books. At the Royal Library in the heart of Copenhagen, researchers and intermediaries work side by side with the library's visitors who come to read and study, but also to participate in talks, concerts, lectures and exhibitions that fill the halls all year round. This documentary looks behind the scenes in a year where Marina Abramovic and Olafur Eliasson contribute to the program, and where colonial history and climate change take center stage.

Directed byMauricio González-Aranda

Play
Status
Released
Runtime
0h 59m
Language
EN
Released
March 21, 2019
Studios
Final Cut for Real

Featuring

Cast & crew

Creative team
Directed by
Mauricio González-Aranda
Produced by
Mauricio González-Aranda

Keep watching

More like this

Sexual Freedom in Denmark5.6

Sexual Freedom in Denmark

1970 · Film

Danish Dynamite7.2

Danish Dynamite

2008 · Film

From Dogma to Dogville: Don't Try This at Home

From Dogma to Dogville: Don't Try This at Home

2006 · Film

All the World's Memory7.1

All the World's Memory

1956 · Film

Los prohibidos

Los prohibidos

2019 · Film

Refugis de paper

Refugis de paper

2025 · Film

Lohnunternehmen: 5 Länder - 5 Geschichten

Lohnunternehmen: 5 Länder - 5 Geschichten

2016 · Film

Goodbye Words

Goodbye Words

2023 · Film

Next Summer

Next Summer

2017 · Film

The Case For Books

The Case For Books

1966 · Film

Biblioburro, the Donkey Library

Biblioburro, the Donkey Library

2008 · Film

Inger Christensen - The cicadas exist9.0

Inger Christensen - The cicadas exist

1998 · Film

Picked for you

Recommended movies

Come See Me in the Good Light7.2

Come See Me in the Good Light

2025 · Film

Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/207.2

Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20

2022 · Film

Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present7.3

Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present

2012 · Film

Ex Libris: The New York Public Library6.4

Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

2017 · Film

The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button6.9

The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button

2009 · Film

28 Up7.5

28 Up

1984 · Film

National Geographic: Journey to the Edge of the Universe7.8

National Geographic: Journey to the Edge of the Universe

2008 · Film

21 Up7.4

21 Up

1977 · Film

To Kill a Tiger7.6

To Kill a Tiger

2023 · Film

The Captains6.4

The Captains

2011 · Film

McQueen7.4

McQueen

2018 · Film

35 Up7.6

35 Up

1991 · Film

A Decade Under the Influence7.9

A Decade Under the Influence

2003 · Film

42 Up7.6

42 Up

1999 · Film

Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me8.4

Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me

2022 · Film

No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad8.5

No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad

2013 · Film

These Amazing Shadows7.4

These Amazing Shadows

2011 · Film

Capital in the Twenty-First Century6.5

Capital in the Twenty-First Century

2019 · Film

Fuck6.4

Fuck

2006 · Film

Tabloid6.4

Tabloid

2011 · Film