Steal This Story, Please!

Steal This Story, Please

USA | 2025 | 101 min. | Tia Lessin, Carl Deal

Opens April 24, 2026

This riveting portrait of "Democracy Now!"'s Amy Goodman spotlights journalism's power—and peril—amid rising corporate control and political attacks on the press. 

Q&A with subject Amy Goodman and filmmaker Carl Deal at the 7pm screenings on April 23 and 24.

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For more than three decades, Goodman has reported from the frontlines of global conflicts, natural disasters, and grassroots movements, amplifying voices routinely silenced by commercial media. Steal This Story, Please! follows her journey from the wisecracking granddaughter of an Orthodox rabbi—raised in a tradition of asking hard questions—to an intrepid journalist undeterred by soldiers, riot police, and smear campaigns. Granted rare access behind the scenes of “Democracy Now!,” directors Carl Deal and Tia Lessin capture Goodman and her team’s unwavering commitment to provide a vital counterpoint to shrinking newsrooms and media monopolies, to prove that independent reporting remains essential to democracy itself. Urgent, inspiring, and with unexpected humor, the film offers both a celebration of Goodman’s legacy and a stirring reminder of what’s at stake when truth is under siege. 

Presented by: 

 
Electronic Frontier Foundation 
If you use technology, this fight is yours. EFF defends your privacy and free expression because technology should serve all people, not just the powerful. We’re a nonprofit powered by members, and we need you in this fight. 

 
KBCS 
Located on the campus of Bellevue College, KBCS is a non-profit community radio station serving the Bellevue-Seattle-Tacoma metro area. KBCS can be heard at 91.3FM, online at www.kbcs.fm and through the KBCS mobile app. KBCS has proudly broadcasted Democracy Now! since 1999.

  • Director: Tia Lessin, Carl Deal
  • Principal Cast: Amy Goodman
  • Country: USA
  • Year: 2025
  • Running Time: 101 min.
  • Producer: Karen Ranucci, Caren Spruch, Diana Cohn, Tia Lessin, Carl Deal
  • Cinematographers: Cliff Charles, Nausheen Dadabhoy, Keith Walker
  • Editors: Mona Davis
  • Music: Zoe Keating
  • Awards: Audience Award - DocFest 2025 SIFF, Mill Valley Film Festival 2025 - Audience Award
  • Filmography: The Janes (2022), Citizen Koch (2013), Trouble the Water (2008)
  • Language: English
  • International Sales: Submarine Entertainment