Library Stories: Books on the Backroads

Library Stories: Books on the Backroads is a film about New Mexico's rural libraries. It’s about villages and Pueblo communities, their histories and their people, where their libraries are, and what their libraries mean. Rural people across our country know their libraries are essential to the educational and social fabric of their communities.

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And Those Who Dance it Surrender Their Hearts to Each Other

2017

Old New Mexico

Old New Mexico

1940

The Boy Who Found Gold

The Boy Who Found Gold

2016

Flying Padre

Flying Padre

1951

The Mystery of Chaco Canyon

The Mystery of Chaco Canyon

1999

The People's Palace: A Portrait of the New York Public Library

1991

Phantoms of the Sierra Madre

Phantoms of the Sierra Madre

2024

The American Dreamer

The American Dreamer

1971

Hacking at Leaves

Hacking at Leaves

2024

The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area?

The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area?

1983

Peyote to LSD: A Psychedelic Odyssey

Peyote to LSD: A Psychedelic Odyssey

2008

Refuge(e)

Refuge(e)

2019

Free for All: The Public Library

Free for All: The Public Library

2025

Art in Taos

Art in Taos

1976

Made in New Mexico

2012

Nasario Remembers the Rio Puerco

2017

Up Heartbreak Hill

2012

The Sun Never Sets

The Sun Never Sets

2012

Way Out There

The Peoples Palace: Secrets of the New York Public Library

1992