Kansas City Public Library Director Crosby Kemper III discusses the life and career of iconic film director Frank Capra.

“As America urbanized and spread its ideology, Capra and some of his contemporaries made movies examining the manners, morals, and culture of its small towns and frontier,” says Kemper. “They focused on the individuals whose idiosyncrasies built our vision of community and, together, these directors represent a kind of collaborative 20th century Tocqueville looking at the results of democratic culture.”

This presentation complements the Capra film retrospective Capra-cornucopia.