Amy Goodman

Amy Goodman

Amy Goodman (born April 13, 1957) is an American broadcast journalist, syndicated columnist, investigative reporter, and author. Her investigative journalism career includes coverage of the East Timor independence movement, Morocco's occupation of Western Sahara, and Chevron Corporation's role in Nigeria. Since 1996, she has been the main host of Democracy Now!, a progressive global news program broadcast daily on radio, television and the Internet. She has received awards for her work, including the Thomas Merton Award in 2004, a Right Livelihood Award in 2008, and an Izzy Award in 2009 for "special achievement in independent media". In 2012, Goodman received the Gandhi Peace Award for a "significant contribution to the promotion of an enduring international peace". She is the author of six books, including the 2012 The Silenced Majority: Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance, and Hope, and the 2016 Democracy Now!: Twenty Years Covering the Movements Changing America. In 2016, she was criminally charged with a riot in connection with her coverage of protests of the Dakota Access pipeline. This action was condemned by the Committee to Protect Journalists. The charges were dismissed by the North Dakota district judge on October 17, 2016. In 2014 she was awarded the I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence by Harvard University's Nieman Foundation.

  • Title: Amy Goodman
  • Popularity: 1.086
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1957-04-13
  • Place of Birth: Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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Amy Goodman Movies

  • 2011
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    Programming the Nation?

    Programming the Nation?

    6.2 2011 HD

    Programming the Nation? takes an encompassing look at the history of subliminal messaging in America. According to many authorities, since the late...

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  • 2008
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    The End of America

    The End of America

    6.8 2008 HD

    Based on her book of the same name, Naomi Wolf presents controversial evidence that America has begun a frightening descent into dictatorship and...

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  • 2008
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    Massacre: The Story of East Timor

    Massacre: The Story of East Timor

    1 2008 HD

    A documentary produced by Amy Goodman and journalist Allan Nairn on the Santa Cruz massacre and the history of Indonesian and US involvement in the...

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  • 2005
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    The Peace!

    The Peace!

    5 2005 HD

    Amid an escalating war in Iraq, rising terror levels and the threat of nuclear attack, a growing body of intellectuals, religious leaders and...

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  • 2017
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    Risk

    Risk

    6.7 2017 HD

    Capturing the story of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with unprecedented access, director Laura Poitras finds herself caught between the motives...

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  • 2016
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    All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone

    All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone

    7.7 2016 HD

    Vancouver-based filmmaker and TV news veteran Fred Peabody explores the life and legacy of the maverick American journalist I.F. Stone, whose long...

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  • 2009
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    Crude

    Crude

    6.1 2009 HD

    The story of lawsuit by tens of thousands of Ecuadorans against Chevron over contamination of the Ecuadorean Amazon.

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  • 2018
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    Post Truth Times

    Post Truth Times

    7 2018 HD

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  • 2018
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    Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media

    Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media

    1 2018 HD

    A documentary following the civil rights movement and how the media, in particular the burgeoning TV, was used to fight for equality in the 1960s....

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  • 2008
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    Massacre: The Story of East Timor

    Massacre: The Story of East Timor

    1 2008 HD

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  • 2005
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    The Colbert Report

    The Colbert Report

    6.822 2005 HD

    The Colbert Report is an American satirical late night television program that airs Monday through Thursday on Comedy Central. It stars political...

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  • 2001
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    Democracy Now!

    Democracy Now!

    7.6 2001 HD

    A United States daily progressive, nonprofit, independently syndicated program of news, analysis, and opinion.

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  • 1988
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    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    5.2 1988 HD

    A morning talk show with A-list celebrity guests, top-notch performances and one-of-a-kind segments that are unrivaled on daytime television, plus...

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  • 1970
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    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    7.6 1970 HD

    A United States daily progressive, nonprofit, independently syndicated program of news, analysis, and opinion.

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