Public Opinion - DVD

In The Public an unusually bitter Arctic blast has made it's way to downtown Cincinnati and the front doors of the public library where the action of the film takes place. At odds with library officials over how to handle the extreme weather event, some homeless patrons turn the building into a shelter for the night by staging an InchOccupyInch sit in. What begins as an act of civil disobedience becomes a stand-off with police and a rush-to-judgment media constantly speculating about what's really happening. This David versus Goliath story tackles some of our nation's most challenging issues, homelessness and mental illness and sets the drama inside one of the last bastions of democracy-in-action your public library.

Responding to a 'life or death' message, beautiful public stenographer, Ann McNair, races out of her office at the Central Hotel. In her haste, she jumps into Jim Martin's car, mistaking the handsome, wealthy contractor for a limo driver. After Martin's teasing confession about his real identity, the two fall in love. Fred White, a rejected suitor and Martin's ruthless business competitor, is less than happy for the couple. White hatche

The great thespian, Nathaniel Barry (Henry B. Walthall) goes before a judge in a Hollywood police court, charged with being a habitual drunkard. After an impassioned plea from Nat's son, the actor receives a six-month suspended sentence that requires that he stay sober. After suffering several professional setbacks, Nat loses his battle with temptation and is sent to prison to serve out his sentence. Sympathetic friends at the film stud