IN THEATERS NOW! 🚨 Packed houses across the country are proof positive that STEAL THIS STORY, PLEASE! in the cinema couldn't be a more urgent and timely affair.
There’s a growing cost to telling the truth. Around the world, journalists are facing increasing pressure and risk to their safety just for doing their jobs.
STEAL THIS STORY PLEASE! brings that reality into focus. Showing up to watch it in theaters is a small but very meaningful way to stand behind independent voices.
We're adding theaters every day thanks to audiences selling out screening after screening.
Be sure to check StealThisStory.org for updates on where to find the film.
Step into the art of nonfiction storytelling 🎬✨
Join us for a Friday Night Salon with the creators of Ask E. Jean for a dynamic conversation on shaping documentaries from concept to final cut—plus an exclusive advance preview of the film 👀 Through guided prompts and discussion with Ivy Meeropol (Director, Producer) and Ferne Pearlstein (Editor, Writer, Story Producer), you’ll explore your own voice and approach to storytelling.
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In this Friday Night Salon, you’ll dive into the art of non-fiction storytelling through film.
Join Ask E. Jean Director/ Producer, Ivy Meeropol (Indian Point, Heir to an Execution), and Ask E. Jean Editor/ Writer/ Story Producer, Ferne Pearlstein (Sumo East and West, The Last Laugh), for a dynamic conversation on how documentaries are shaped from concept to final cut.
With a peek into their latest film Ask E. Jean and guided writing prompts inspired by its subject, the singular gonzo journalist E. Jean Carroll, you’ll be invited to explore your own voice and approach to non-fiction writing and storytelling.
Register for this virtual event with the link in bio.
#askejean
In STEAL THIS STORY, PLEASE!, Amy Goodman takes on armed soldiers, politicians, and corporate media in a fearless pursuit of truth.
After a sold out NYC opening weekend, STEAL THIS STORY, PLEASE! opens TODAY April 17 in SF, LA and across the West Coast as well as additional NY theaters. Then nationwide after that!
Q&A with filmmakers Carl Deal & Tia Lessin + Amy Goodman at select shows. Get tickets now: stealthisstory.org
Red Owl Out and About in LA!
Lily was invited by @sierraclub for a special Sierra Sessions concert celebrating Earth Day. The event featured an incredible line up of musicians and provided an opportunity to learn more about Sierra Club's work, reflect through song on what nature means to us, and commit to protecting our natural world. We're excited to share their ongoing initiatives and collaborate through storytelling that inspires us to care and advocate for our planet.
Look out for Sierra Sessions Earth Day viewing parties via sc.org/ssns or your local chapter on April 22
@freedomofthepressfoundation hosted Friday’s screening of @stealthisstoryplease at @ifccenter and Execitive Director Trevor Timm delivered powerful opening remarks that reminded us all why STEAL THIS STORY, PLEASE! exists and what Amy Goodman is fighting for.
Thank you @freedomofthepressfoundation for all you do and for supporting the release of our film!
Learn more about where to watch STEAL THIS STORY, PLEASE! ➡️➡️ StealThisStory.org
About @freedomofthepressfoundation , from their mission statement:
“At Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF), we build secure communications tools used by many of the world’s top investigative news organizations. We teach journalists how to keep themselves and their sources safe in the digital age. We monitor and document virtually every press freedom violation in the U.S. And we engage in advocacy to defend the public’s right to know. In defense of democracy, we protect press freedom.”
Please follow them and support their urgent and essential efforts.
Partner Spotlight! @girlswritenow is an award-winning nonprofit and media incubator that mentors and connects writers across generations. For nearly 30 years, it has broken down barriers of gender, race, age, and poverty—empowering underrepresented voices to shape culture and drive change through storytelling.
Enrollment for mentors and mentees in the Summer Cycle (July-Sept) is now open at Girls Write Now. Mentors and mentees learn side by side, and have opportunities to network and discover new tools, techniques, and ways of telling stories while gaining access to job/internship opportunities, writing contests, leadership opportunities, career support, and publishing opportunities. Browse the Journeys and select the one you’d like to apply to by April 30 at girlswritenow.org
Shadows in Sunlight: Brave women health care workers confront vaccine hesitancy and fight stereotypes in their campaign to end polio in Pakistan.
We're still thinking about the powerful screening and dynamic conversation co-hosted the @una.nyc , @rotarymetronyc@unicef and Red Owl this month.
Pictured here are:
Mary Eileen Shackleton, Rotary Foundation Major Gifts Officer
Sheeba Afghani Global Chief, Social Behaviour Change for Polio Eradication, UNICEF
Ann Nicol, UNA-NYC Executive Director Ambassador
Usman Jadoon, Deputy Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations
Join us for a special screening of @ruhihamid 's Shadows in Sunlight Thursday March 12th at 6:00pm
In the backstreets of the ancient city of Peshawar in North East Pakistan, a team of armed security guards gather in the morning light. Their mission is to protect Ishrat Rahim and her female colleagues - health workers on a mission to vaccinate the city’s children against Polio. Ishrat is one of almost 400,000 women working across Pakistan and if she and her team can succeed, it could finally rid the world of this dreaded disease.
Presented in honor of International Women's Day and CSW70 and hosted by the the UN Association of New York. @una.nyc
Post-screening panel with special guests and reception to follow
Sheeba Afghani
Global Chief, Social Behaviour Change for Polio Eradication
@unicef New York
@nyashalaing
Founding Partner, Red Owl
Independent producer, writer, impact strategist and lawyer
Mary Eileen Shackleton
Rotary Club, Metro New York City @rotarymetronyc
Opening remarks by
Saima Saleem
Counsellor to the Ambassador of Pakistan to the United Nations
Free with RSVP: tinyurl.com/SHADOWSUNA
