Steal This Story, Please!

Opened Friday, April 10, 2026

Special Events

  • Wed May 13 : 

    Q&A with subject Amy Goodman and dir. Carl Deal, co-presented by JVP at 5:30

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SHOWTIMES AT IFC CENTER

Thursday, April 9 at 6:30: Sneak Preview + Q&A with subject Amy Goodman and directors Carl Deal and Tia Lessin moderated by moderated by Sepideh Moafi (actress, The Pitt) after the screening

Friday, April 10 at 6:50: Q&A with subject Amy Goodman and directors Carl Deal and Tia Lessin moderated by Noura Erakat after the screening

Friday, April 10 at 9:30: Q&A with subject Amy Goodman, journalist Sharif Abdel Kouddous, and directors Carl Deal and Tia Lessin after the screening

Saturday, April 11 at 10:50am: Q&A with subject Amy Goodman and director Carl Deal moderated by Amreeta Mathai, Director of Strategy & Integrated Programs, New York Civil Liberties Union (ACLU of New York)

Saturday, April 11 at 1:30: Q&A with subject Amy Goodman and directors Carl Deal and Tia Lessin moderated by Alison Stewart (WNYC) after the screening

Saturday, April 11 at 4:10: Q&A with subject Amy Goodman and directors Carl Deal and Tia Lessin moderated by Jamilah King, editorial Director for Mother Jones after the screening

Saturday, April 11 at 6:50: Q&A with subject Amy Goodman and directors Carl Deal and Tia Lessin moderated by Jodie Ginsberg, Committee to Protect Journalists, after the screening

Saturday, April 11 at 9:30: Extended introduction by subject Amy Goodman and directors Carl Deal and Tia Lessin

Sunday, April 12 at 1:30: Introduction by Rosario Dawson and Q&A with subject Amy Goodman and directors Carl Deal and Tia Lessin moderated by Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard after the screening

Sunday, April 12 at 7:45: Introduction by Rosario Dawson and Q&A with subject Amy Goodman and directors Carl Deal and Tia Lessin after the screening, moderated by author and activist Majora Carter

Monday, April 13 at 6:50: Q&A with subject Amy Goodman and directors Carl Deal and Tia Lessin moderated by Susan Sarandon after the screening

Tuesday, April 14 at 1:30: Q&A with subject Amy Goodman and director Carl Deal

Tuesday, April 21 at 7:35: Q&A with director Carl Deal after the screening

Saturday, April 25 at 5:00: Q&A with director Tia Lessin after the screening

Sunday, April 26 at 5:25: Q&A with subject Amy Goodman and director Tia Lessin moderated by Naomi Gordon-Loebl, Deputy Publisher, Jewish Currents after the screening

Friday, May 1 at 9:30: Co-presented and introduced by The Indypendent

Wednesday, May 13 at 5:30: Q&A with subject Amy Goodman and director Carl Deal co-presented by Jewish Voice for Peace

Undeterred by armed soldiers, smooth-talking politicians, and riot police, journalist Amy Goodman has reported some of the most consequential stories of our time. From the frontlines of global conflicts to the organized chaos of her daily news show Democracy Now!, she broadcasts stories and voices routinely silenced by commercial media. Oscar-nominated filmmakers Deal and 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, this is both a call to action and a celebration of resistance, posing the question: what happens to democracy when the press surrenders to power?

Official Selection: DOC NYC

  • Country USA
  • Running Time 98 minutes
  • Format DCP
  • Distributor Xceptional Communications
  • Director Carl Deal, Tia Lessin
  • Cast Amy Goodman
  • Accessibility Assistive Listening, T-Coil, Closed Captioning

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