Riverwest Radio Community Partners with Milwaukee Film for STEAL THIS STORY, PLEASE!, New Documentary on Independent Journalist Amy Goodman

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MILWAUKEE, WI — Riverwest Radio is proud to serve as a Community Partner for Milwaukee Film’s presentation of STEAL THIS STORY, PLEASE!, a gripping new documentary portrait of iconic independent journalist Amy Goodman of Democracy Now!

The film screens May 8–14, 2026 at the Oriental Theatre. On Sunday, May 10 at 12:00pm, Amy Goodman will appear in person with Academy Award-nominated filmmakers Carl Deal and Tia Lessin for a Q&A following the film. The conversation will be moderated by Xav Leplae of Riverwest Radio.

Directed by Deal and Lessin, STEAL THIS STORY, PLEASE! follows Goodman’s three decades of reporting from the frontlines of global conflict, political struggle, and media consolidation. The film presents Goodman as a journalist undeterred by armed soldiers, riot police, smooth-talking politicians, and corporate media — pursuing stories and voices too often excluded from mainstream coverage.

At a time of shrinking newsrooms, weaponized social media, political attacks on truth, and widening distrust in public information, the film asks a blunt and urgent question: what happens to democracy when the press surrenders to power?

“For Riverwest Radio, this film lands very close to home,” said Xav Leplae, station manager of Riverwest Radio. “Independent media is not a luxury. It is civic infrastructure. It is how communities connect. Amy Goodman’s work reminds us that journalism can still refuse power, refuse silence, and refuse the flattening machinery of corporate media.”

Riverwest Radio, WXRW-LP 104.1 FM, is a volunteer-powered community radio station based in Milwaukee’s Riverwest neighborhood. Since 2012, the station has provided a platform for local voices, artists, musicians, organizers, writers, and neighbors, broadcasting a wide range of programming rooted in hyper-local culture, open dialogue, and community-based media.

STEAL THIS STORY, PLEASE! has been praised as “stirring,” “rousing,” and “urgent” by Screen International, and as “a long-overdue tribute to an independent media trailblazer” by Film Forward. The film has also won eight audience awards.

Current Milwaukee showtimes at the Oriental Theatre include:

Friday, May 8 — 3:30pm
Saturday, May 9 — 3:15pm
Sunday, May 10 — 12:00pm with Q&A, and 6:30pm
Monday, May 11 — 6:30pm
Tuesday, May 12 — 6:30pm
Wednesday, May 13 — 5:45pm
Thursday, May 14 — 10:00pm

Tickets and full screening information are available through Milwaukee Film: https://mkefilm.org/films/69934cea3a3dabe7048014e7/#showtimes

About Riverwest Radio
Riverwest Radio, WXRW-LP 104.1 FM, is a community-based, volunteer-powered radio station in Milwaukee. Broadcasting locally and online, Riverwest Radio features arts, music, politics, philosophy, community organizing, experimental radio, and Milwaukee voices unfiltered.

About STEAL THIS STORY, PLEASE!
STEAL THIS STORY, PLEASE! is directed by Carl Deal and Tia Lessin. The 98-minute documentary follows independent journalist Amy Goodman over 30 years of reporting and examines the role of independent media in a functioning democracy.

NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. While it is believed to be reliable, Urban Milwaukee does not guarantee its accuracy or completeness.

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