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Steal This Story, Please: Screening and Q&A
When: Friday, September 25, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Where: Spurlock Museum of World Cultures, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL, 61801 — Urbana, IL
Price: Free
With shrinking newsrooms, media monopolization, weaponized social media, and a president deliberately eroding public trust in truth and reality, Steal This Story, Please! offers an intimate counterpoint, showing how independent media is essential to a functioning democracy. Set against some of the most consequential stories of our time—from the war in Gaza to the global climate catastrophe—the film follows the intrepid independent journalist Amy Goodman over 30 years. As she becomes a leader in the movement for independent media that amplifies voices excluded from the mainstream, she faces off against forces trying to silence her.
The film takes us behind the scenes, from Amy's upbringing as the wisecracking granddaughter of an Orthodox rabbi to the front lines of global conflicts. Amy and her team at Democracy Now! have built a grassroots news broadcast that brings fresh perspectives to the airwaves, proving that in an increasingly profit-driven, consolidated media landscape, independent reporting might just be the thing that saves us.Screening and Q&A with co-director Carl Dean after the film. Tickets required: $10+ fees in advance |$15 at the door.
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