Two-time Academy Award-nominated film director Rick Goldsmith has completed his trilogy on the American press with his latest film, the explosive exposé Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink. The documentarian focuses on Alden Global Capital, a secretive investment group, called a “hedge fund,” with investments in American newspapers with the ultimate intent to destroy them, fire or retire journalists, subject them to editorial control, and decimate their resources by selling off their often historic buildings in downtown cities that, as real estate, are worth far more than the value of the enterprise itself. Such investment groups are subject to only the very weakest oversight, if any, from the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Read the full article here!
“The new film is extremely timely as media and newspapers are now about to go on strike.”
“Keep your eye out for Stripped for Parts. It will fascinate and inspire, educate, and move you.”
