STRIPPED FOR PARTS

Stripped for Parts on PBS Passport and Vimeo on Demand

Stripped for Parts is still available to watch on PBS Passport until 2028. Just google your local station + passport and sign up for a membership to help support local news and get access to the film!

You can also rent or buy the film with Vimeo on Demand here.

Since October 1st the film:

Was broadcast in 21 of the top 25 TV markets and 40 of the top 50 markets.
Reached 82% of US households.
Was the second highest APT streamed doc in October.
We also secured coverage in 38 media outlets since the October PBS launch highlighting the film and the current crises in local journalism. See here.

The Story

Stripped for Parts is the story of a secretive hedge fund that is plundering what is left of America’s newspapers, and the journalists who are fighting back.

Hedge fund Alden Global Capital is quietly gobbling up newspapers across the country and gutting them, but no one knows why– until journalist Julie Reynolds begins to investigate. Her findings trigger rebellions across the country by journalists working at Alden-owned newspapers. Backed by the NewsGuild union, the newsmen and women go toe-to-toe with their “vulture capitalist” owners in a battle to save and rebuild local journalism in 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, the lifeblood of our democracy?

Set Up A Screening With Your Community

“Rick Goldsmith admirably covers the proverbial waterfront in his well-made, thought-provoking chronicle about the fall of print journalism – and its possible rise again. Stripped is essential reading – or rather viewing – for anyone concerned with the issue of freedom of the press in the period of late-stage capitalism.” — Ed Rampell, Counterpunch
Read the full review here!

Upcoming Screenings

We’ve had some great screenings with local news organizations, high schools and universities. More to come!

Buy/Rent The Film

For your high school, college or journalism school!

Donate

You can also send a check to Kovno Communications. We need your support so that we can reach ALL interested communities, without regard to their ability to pay.