This 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?
Biography:
Rick Goldsmith is a San Francisco Bay Area filmmaker who has been making documentaries for four decades. Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink is the third of his trilogy of films focusing on journalism, following Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press and The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers (co-produced/co-directed with Judith Ehrlich), both Academy Award nominees for Best Documentary Feature and numerous other awards. Both films had national broadcasts on PBS and are staples at journalism schools around the country. Among Goldsmith’s other films is Mind/Game: The Unquiet Journey of Chamique Holdsclaw, the intimate story of a super-star athlete’s struggle with mental illness. The film won a VOICE Award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA) and was cablecast nationwide on the Logo Network. All the above films have screened at UNAFF. Goldsmith is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS; Writers Guild of America, West; and New Day Films, an educational films distribution co-op.
