Show Up, Speak Out, Document Your Event: 1 Day to FALL OF FREEDOM May Day, 2026

vHopeful Conversations Podcast · Apr 30, 2026 · 3m

In this special vHopeful Conversations episode, Vanessa Hope spotlights Fall of Freedom, a nationwide wave of creative resistance to rising authoritarianism that began last fall and now returns with more than twenty May Day film screenings across multiple states. She highlights powerful new work from award‑winning filmmakers, including Steal This Story, Please! about fearless journalist Amy Goodman and Democracy Now!, directed by Carl Deal and Tia Lessin; Homegrown, directed by Michael Premo with writing consulting by two‑time Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Lynn Nottage, examining the rise…