Paperback Dreams | Liam Dalzell
Alex Beckstead; a co-production of Alex Beckstead, the Independent Television Service (ITVS) and KQED Public Television, with funding provided by CPB.
San Francisco, CA
Focusing on two landmark booksellers—Cody’s and Kepler’s Books—this film tells the story of the rise and fall of the independent bookstore in America. Today, both stores, once so central to the paperback revolution of the 1950s and ’60s, are struggling to remain vital in our information-saturated age.
Our Non-Licensee Partner(s)
Independent Television Service (ITVS), San Francisco, California—ITVS is the private, not-for-profit organization created in 1991 to serve as the independent production service that CPB is directed by statute to fund as a re-granting organization, fostering the development of independent producers and production organizations.