Steal This Story, Please!

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Steal This Story, Please!
Directed by
Produced by
    Starring Amy Goodman
    Edited by
    • Mona Davis
    Music byZoe Keating
    Running time
    		101 minutes
    CountryUnited States

    Steal This Story, Please! is a 2025 documentary film which explores the life and career of independent investigative journalist Amy Goodman and her work on the news program Democracy Now! . It was directed by Oscar-nominated, Emmy Awards-winning filmmakers Tia Lessin and Carl Deal. [1] [2] Musician and political activist Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave) as well as actress and political activist Rosario Dawson are among the executive producers. [3]

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    Steal This Story, Please! screened at the 52nd Telluride Film Festival on August 31, 2025. The international premiere took place on November 15, 2025 at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam. [4] In both instances, the screening was followed by an in-person discussion notably involving Amy Goodman and filmmakers Carl Deal and Tia Lessin, about the importance of independent journalism. [3] [5]

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    Release

    Telluride Film Festival, 2025 Mill Valley Film Festival, 2025 Woodstock Film Festival, 2025 Sante Fe International Film Festival, 2025 CENTERPIECE SELECTION Seattle International Film Festival DocFest, 2025 St. Louis International Film Festival, 2025 OPENING NIGHT SELECTION Hamptons DOC FEST, 2025 OPENING NIGHT SELECTION DC DOX, 2025 OPENING NIGHT SELECTION DOC NYC, 2025 CENTERPIECE SELECTION Palm Springs International Film Festival, 2026

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    References

    1. ↑ Wissot, Lauren (November 13, 2025). ""The Film Is a Portrait of Amy Goodman, But It's Also a Celebration of Resistance": Carl Deal and Tia Lessin on their DOC NYC and IDFA-debuting Steal This Story, Please!". Filmmaker Magazine.
    2. ↑ Haynie, Olivia (November 12, 2025). "Amy Goodman has been a fearless journalist for more than four decades; she says her Jewish roots made her that way".
    3. 1 2 "Steal This Story, Please!". DC/DOX Film Festival 2025.
    4. ↑ "Steal This Story, Please!". IDFA. November 16, 2025.
    5. ↑ "Amy Goodman at IDFA Screening of "Steal This Story, Please!"". DemocracyNow.org.
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