Stripped for Parts wins Best Documentary!

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Big news! We are delighted to share that Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink not only made its West Coast premiere this past weekend at the United Nations Association Film Festival, it was selected for the Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary! The film screened before an enthusiastic audience in Palo Alto, with several team members and two of the film’s participants in attendance as well. A true honor to receive the award for Best Documentary, it was equally uplifting to see the film already stoking dialogue and debate around the issue of private equity’s impacts on fundamental institutions like journalism. 

Next up: Double Exposure Film Festival in Washington D.C., screening Sunday, Nov. 5 at 3pm. Tell your family and friends in the Washington, D.C.area!

About the film…

Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink is the story of one secretive hedge fund that is plundering America’s newspapers and the journalists who are fighting back. Investigative reporter Julie Reynolds, Denver Post editorialist Chuck Plunkett and a handful of others, backed by the NewsGuild union, go toe-to-toe with the faceless Alden Global Capital in a battle to save and rebuild local journalism across America. Who will control the future of America’s news ecosystem: Wall Street billionaires concerned only with profit, or those who see journalism as an essential public service and the lifeblood of our democracy?

UPCOMING SCREENINGS: After Double Exposure in D.C., the film makes its way to the St. Louis International Film Festival on Saturday, November 11. Rick will attend in-person to discuss the film at each festival, so be sure to get your tickets before they’re gone.

Don’t forget to follow the film on social media @sforparts to stay updated on screenings and other announcements, and we hope to see you soon at a screening near you!

The Most Dangerous Man in America SCREENING June 13th in Eugene, OR

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Encircle Films, CALC, EPW, Cottage Grove Blackberry Pie Society and Planet vs. Pentagon celebrate Daniel Ellsberg Week (June 10-16th), honoring peacekeeping and whistleblowing with a screening of The Most Dangerous Man in America: the story of what happens when a former Pentagon insider, armed only with his conscience, steadfast determination, and a file cabinet full of classified documents, decides to challenge an “Imperial” Presidency-answerable to neither Congress, the press, nor the people-in order to help end the Vietnam War.

The film will be followed by an online Q&A with filmmaker Judith Ehrlich

Come see it Thursday June 13th at 6:30pm at the Art House in Eugene, OR. You can get tickets here.

New reviews praise Stripped for Parts as ‘powerful’ and ‘compelling’

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Check out the latest review of Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink, by John Seal for Berkeleyside.

And don’t miss this compelling review by film critic Randy Myers for SFGate!

In the San Francisco Chronicle Date Book, Frances Dinkelspiel calls the film “timely” in her new review.

Bill Berkowitz, in the Daily Kos, writes up the film, noting its unveiling of “predatory hedge funds.”

And, last but not least, Local News Matters calls the film “invigorating” in its detailing of the “ethically questionable business practices” of the hedge fund Alden Global Capital. Check it out here!

STRIPPED FOR PARTS: American Journalism on the Brink

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WORLD PREMIERE & more!

After five years in production, following unfolding developments across the country, we are very pleased to announce the WORLD PREMIERE of Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink and two regional premieres to follow this fall.

WORLD PREMIERE: The feature documentary film will be screening on Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023 at 3:15pm at the Santa Fe International Film Festival. Join director Rick Goldsmith in person for this exciting world premiere screening and the Q&A to follow with Rick and special guests from the film. Get your tickets now while they’re still available! 

About the film…

Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink is the story of one secretive hedge fund that is plundering America’s newspapers and the journalists who are fighting back. Investigative reporter Julie Reynolds, Denver Post editorialist Chuck Plunkett and a handful of others, backed by the NewsGuild union, go toe-to-toe with the faceless Alden Global Capital in a battle to save and rebuild local journalism across America. Who will control the future of America’s news ecosystem: Wall Street billionaires concerned only with profit, or those who see journalism as an essential public service and the lifeblood of our democracy?

REGIONAL PREMIERES: After its world premiere in Santa Fe, the film will go on to screenings at the United Nations Association Film Festival in Palo Alto, CA on Sunday, October 29 at 4:20pm before making its way to the St. Louis International Film Festival on Saturday, November 11. Rick will attend in-person to discuss the film at each festival, so be sure to get your tickets before they’re gone!

In addition to the premiere of Stripped for Parts, the Santa Fe festival  will also be screening Rick’s (with Judith Ehrlich) Academy Award-nominated film The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers on Sunday, Oct. 22 at 5:00pm. Tickets can be purchased here.

We are so excited to share the important story told by the journalists in Stripped for Parts.

Hope to see you there! 

VIDEO REPLAY: What To Do About Hedge Funds In Journalism? – Online Panel Discussion, April, 2022

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“What to Do About Hedge Funds in Journalism?” is a panel discussion and documentary film fundraiser that addresses the question:  What can we do when billionaires with no background nor interest in a civic mission, who are only concerned with profiteering, take over our most influential news organizations? 

That question is at the center of Rick Goldsmith’s film-in-progress, Stripped for Parts: American Journalism at the Crossroads, the story of a secretive hedge fund that is plundering what is left of America’s newspapers, and the journalists who are fighting back.

The panelists for our discussion include Stripped for Parts‘ director Rick Goldsmith, a two-time Academy-Award-nominated filmmaker; two journalists, Julie Reynolds and Chuck Plunkett, who play outsized roles in our story; and Robert McChesney, the founder of the media reform organization Free Press. The panel will be moderated by Dan Brekke, KQED (SF) News reporter and editor.

Click here to donate to Rick Goldsmith’s film-in-progress, Stripped for Parts: American Journalism at the Crossroads. 

We invite you to join us on April 14, 2022 for what promises to be an important and compelling discussion about local journalism in peril, and to contribute what you can to help bring this film to completion. The video of the event will be viewable after April 14.

This event is co-sponsored by RootsAction Education Fund.

WATCH THE REPLAY

Instagram Live: Rick Goldsmith with Alec Baldwin on Stripped for Parts, March, 2022

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On March 22 director Rick Goldsmith was on Instagram Live with Alec Baldwin to discuss his film-in-progress, Stripped for Parts: American Journalism at the Crossroads. It is the story of one secretive hedge fund that is plundering what is left of America’s newspapers and the journalists who are fighting back. Watch their full conversation here:

Director Rick Goldsmith takes Mind/Game to the Mid-Atlantic

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OSIP LAURELS

NOVEMBER 2017

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation presents the 2017 “On Screen/In Person” tour, featuring Director Rick Goldsmith and Mind/Game: The Unquiet Journey of Chamique Holdsclaw.

“On Screen/In Person” tours new independent American films and their respective filmmakers to communities across the mid-Atlantic region.

See Mind/Game and Director Rick Goldsmith here this November:

Nov 2: Wayne Theatre, Waynesboro, VA
Thursday, 7 PM

Nov 5: Atlas Performing Arts Center, Washington, DC
Sunday, 4 PM

Nov 6: Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, Bloomsburg, PA
Monday, 7 PM

Nov 7: Reading Area Community College (RACC), Reading, PA
Tuesday, 6:30 PM

Nov 9: Millersville University of Pennsylvania, Lancaster, PA
Thursday, 7 PM

Nov 12: BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD
Sunday, 4 PM

Nov 14: Annenberg Center Live, Philadelphia, PA
Tuesday, 7 PM

Nov 15: Light Up The Queen Theater, Wilmington, DE
Wednesday, 6:30 PM

Nov 16: Montgomery County Community College, Blue Bell, PA
Thursday, 7 PM

MIND/GAME to screen at the Roger Ebert Film Festival

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GoldenThumbWe are excited to announce that MIND/GAME will be screening at the 19th Annual Roger Ebert’s Film Festival, also known as ‘Ebertfest.’

The festival, an invitation-only event, was co-founded and is hosted by Chaz Ebert. It will take place April 19-23, 2017 at the Virginia Theatre in Champaign, Illinois.

MIND/GAME will join 12 other films, including the beloved 1979 musical HAIR directed by Milos Forman; the 2016 documentary, Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady; and 1990’s To Sleep with Anger starring Danny Glover and directed by Charles Burnett. Ebertfest is a special event of Roger Ebert’s alma mater, the University of Illinois College of Media.  Films are chosen from lists Roger Ebert drew up over the first 15 years of the festival, as well as others selected by Chaz Ebert and Festival Director Nate Kohn, based on the late film critic’s established criteria.

Both Rick and Chamique will be in present to attend the MIND/GAME screening and to accept the “Golden Thumb” award, presented to all invited guests of the festival.

MIND/GAME‘s screening is sponsored by the Alliance for Inclusion and Respect, an organization that embodies the four principles this year’s EbertFest is dedicated to – the principles of empathy, compassion, kindness and forgiveness—principles Roger believed cinema could generate.

In his review, Matt Fagerholm called MIND/GAME “an inspiring portrait of an extraordinary female warrior” and said that “The open-ended quality of the film’s ending is entirely appropriate since Ms Holdsclaw’s story is far from over. I cannot wait for the sequel.”

Read the full Ebertfest review of Mind/Game here.

Stay tuned for our screening date and time.