Hello Bookstore follows the life and fate of a beloved independent bookstore in Lenox, Massachusetts.
In the background we observe the precarious state of independent bookstores in the digital/corporate/chain-store era.
A.B. Zax’s film traces the daily existence of one quiet bookstore — which is called, incidentally, The Bookstore. It missionary owner, Matthew Tannenbaum, curates the place as if it were a library, a cocktail party and a projection of his literary dreams.
Can he raise the funds to save his store? Can the community bookstore live on?
Hello, Bookstore: A.B. Zax’s Documentary about Precarious State of One Proud Bookstore
Hello Bookstore follows the life and fate of a beloved independent bookstore in Lenox, Massachusetts.
In the background we observe the precarious state of independent bookstores in the digital/corporate/chain-store era.
A.B. Zax’s film traces the daily existence of one quiet bookstore — which is called, incidentally, The Bookstore. It missionary owner, Matthew Tannenbaum, curates the place as if it were a library, a cocktail party and a projection of his literary dreams.
Can he raise the funds to save his store? Can the community bookstore live on?