Commonwealth Club: Steal This Story, Please! Film Screening and Q&A with Amy Goodman and Tia Lessin

Fiercely independent journalist Amy Goodman has spent three decades holding the powerful to account, reporting from war zones and the Democracy Now! newsroom. Taking on politicians, CEOs and riot police, Goodman has reported some of the most urgent and underreported stories of our time.  Steal This Story, Please! is a gripping account of the trailblazing journalist whose unwavering commitment to truth-telling spans three decades of turbulent history. Drawing on an extraordinary archive, Academy Award-nominated filmmakers Carl Deal and Tia Lessin (Trouble the Water, Citizen Koch, 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 media landscape reshaped by technology, corporate consolidation, and political assaults on the press. Urgent, provocative and unexpectedly funny, Steal This Story, Please! is both a powerful critique of mainstream media, and a celebration of those who challenge it. Join us for this special Saturday program for a film screening followed by a Q&A with Amy Goodman and Tia Lessen.