The Public

Every story matters.

An act of civil disobedience turns into a standoff with police when homeless people in Cincinnati take over the public library to seek shelter from the bitter cold.

Drama

Alec Baldwin

(Detective Bill Ramstead)

Taylor Schilling

(Angela)

Emilio Estevez

(Stuart)

Jena Malone

(Myra)

Christian Slater

(Josh Davis)

Jacob Vargas

(Ernesto Ramirez)

Gabrielle Union

(Rebecca Parks)

Derek Polen

(William Larsen)

Michael Kenneth Williams

(Jackson)

Jeffrey Wright

(Anderson)

Rhymefest

(Big George (as Che Rhymefest Smith))

Ki Hong Lee

(Chip)

Patrick Hume

(Caesar)

Richard T. Jones

(Chief Tom Edwards)

Susanna Thompson

(Marcy Ramstead)

Spencer Garrett

(John Harper)

Michael Douglas Hall

(Smutts)

Bryant Bentley

(Cactus Ray)

Nik Pajic

('Angry' Mike)

Jon Osbeck

(Security Officer Williams)

Keith McGill

(Coleman)

Brian Gallagher

(Jonah)

Reggie Willis

(Black Patron)

Nick Pirrmann

(Nick)

Ming Wang

(Female Asian Patron)

David Myers Gregory

(Nerdy Patron)

John E. Brownlee

(Library Security)

Shawn P. Farrell

(Core Homeless Person (uncredited))