What a great recap of the screening and Q&A with director Rick Goldsmith in El Cerrito!
“Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink” screened at Albany FilmFest in El Cerrito on Thursday following its release two years prior.
Rick Goldsmith, the film’s award-winning director, shared his draw to journalism in documentary filmmaking, comparing his own process as a documentarian to the newsgathering process.
“You can’t just string a bunch of facts together, you have to find the emotion in the story and how it might connect with anybody who’s watching your film,” Goldsmith said. “You have to decide in your mind who your audience is.”
Goldsmith’s career as a documentarian led him to the desk of prolific journalist, Bill Moyer. Moyer was responsible for alerting Goldsmith to the trend of hedge fund companies, specifically Alden Global Capital, acquiring small newspapers.
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STRIPPED FOR PARTS 