New York-based independent investigative journalist Amy Goodman has been reporting from hotspots around the world for decades: from East Timor to Morocco, Nigeria, and Gaza, and closer to home during 9/11 and the Iraq War. Goodman and a small group of colleagues present the daily online, TV, and radio news program Democracy Now!, which has been on the air since 1996 with no government funding, thanks to contributions from donors, foundations, and news consumers.
Direction
Deal and Lessin capture 30 years of archival fire without losing narrative thread.
Production
DIY aesthetic that perfectly mirrors its subject's scrappy independence.
Director
Carl Deal
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Democracy Now! pioneered the 'war and peace report' format that influenced countless podcasts and Substacks; this doc arrives as local news collapses nationwide.
Directors Deal and Lessin previously made 'Trouble the Water,' the Hurricane Katrina documentary that earned them an Oscar nomination—Goodman actually helped fund their early work.
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