NR | One Hour and 38 Minutes | Documentary | $11 General / $7 Members
*Live Q&A on FRIDAY, MAY 8 w/ Film Producer, KAREN RANUCCI*
Amy Goodman takes on soldiers, politicians, and corporate media in a fearless pursuit of truth.
Undeterred by armed soldiers, smooth-talking politicians, and riot police, journalist Amy Goodman has reported some of the most consequential stories of our time. Steal This Story, Please! is a gripping portrait of the trailblazer whose unwavering commitment to truth-telling spans three decades of turbulent history. From the frontlines of global conflicts to the organized chaos of her daily news show Democracy Now!, Goodman broadcasts stories and voices routinely silenced by commercial media.
Oscar-nominated filmmakers Carl Deal and Tia Lessin (“Trouble the Water”, “The Janes”) take us behind the scenes with the warm, wisecracking granddaughter of an Orthodox rabbi — raised in a tradition of asking hard questions – as she navigates a news landscape reshaped by technology, corporate consolidation, and political assaults on truth itself.
Urgent, provocative and unexpectedly funny, Steal This Story, Please! is both a call to action and a celebration of resistance, posing the question: what happens to democracy when the press surrenders to power?
KAREN RANUCCI (Producer) has been involved in the field of independent video and film production and distribution for the past thirty-five years. In 1978, Ranucci traveled to Vietnam with DCTV’s directors, Jon Alpert and Keiko Tsuno to produce the PBS documentary VIETNAM: PICKING UP THE PIECES. In 1979, she co-directed EL DIALOGO, a documentary about the Cuban exile community in the United States and their relationship to Cuba. In 1985, Ranucci won an Emmy Award for Best Investigative Reporting for a series she developed about the poisoning of workers in the tungsten carbide industry. In 1988, Ranucci founded the Latin American Video Archives, a non-profit organization which facilitated the distribution of Latin American-made film and video to the educational market in the U.S. In the days following September 11, 2001, Ranucci joined the Democracy Now! team to transform the daily radio news program into a simultaneous television and internet broadcast.