Join or Die Film

Some exciting news: JOIN OR DIE — our film about why you should join a club…and why the fate of America depends on it — just launched on Netflix! In this feature documentary, follow the half-century story of America's civic unraveling through the journey of legendary Harvard social scientist Robert Putnam, whose groundbreaking "Bowling Alone" research into America's decades-long decline in community connections could hold the answers to our democracy's present crisis. Flanked by influential fans and scholars as well as inspiring groups building community in neighborhoods across the country, join Bob as he explores three urgent civic questions: What makes democracy work? Why is American democracy in crisis? And, most importantly… What can we do about it? Stream the film now at: Netflix.JoinOrDieFilm.com Watch the trailer at: Trailer.JoinOrDieFilm.com While we’re excited about the launch on Netflix, the center of our focus remains JOIN OR DIE’s in-person community screening tour, which we’ll be continuing throughout 2025. This is a film meant to be watched together — so we hope you can host a community screening in your neighborhood or at your institution. To start the process, head over to Host.JoinOrDieFilm.com. So much of the national conversation these days is intensifying our civic ills: polarization, screen addiction, alienation, distrust, and distraction from local community problem-solving. We hope JOIN OR DIE being more widely available can expand our efforts to offer critical counterprogramming: an urgent message that the fate of our democracy depends on our real-world engagement with our neighbors and routine participation in our local communities.

JOIN OR DIE's 2024 Join Up! Tour is in full swing. Earlier this year, we invited any community organization, congregation, campus, conference, or company—big or small—to use the film as a tool to bring people together to talk about civic rejuvenation. So far, over 2500 groups (and counting!) have requested a screening—and hundreds of screening events have already been hosted. Today, we wanted to share the 3 ways you can keep the momentum going by seeing the film and helping spread its civic message: 1. ATTEND SCREENINGS NEAR YOU: See JOIN OR DIE in theaters or at a public community screening. The film is still screening in theaters across the country, as well as in dozens of public community screening events. Visit JoinOrDieFilm.com/#see to find out if the film is screening near you. 2. RENT AND WATCH AT HOME: If no screenings are happening nearby, you can now — for the next 30 days — see JOIN OR DIE at home through Theatrical Video on Demand at Rent.JoinOrDieFilm.com. Our hope remains that, in the spirit of the film’s message, most viewers find a way to see the film together, in community. However, we have decided to create this one-month window for home rentals for two reasons: First, so more people interested in hosting community screening events can see the film for the first time as they consider and plan their event; and second, so we can continue our Join Up! Tour into next year (proceeds from home rentals will go towards us continuing the film’s community tour into 2025). We have partnered with the platform Gathr for this release and you can head over to Rent.JoinOrDieFilm.com to rent and watch today! 3. HOST A COMMUNITY SCREENING: Most importantly, we hope you will consider hosting a community screening. We see JOIN OR DIE as a community organizing tool—and have been delighted by how local leaders around the country have used it to catalyze conversations about rejuvenating civic life in their institutions and communities. Whether you have already hosted a screening and want to host another one, reached out to us about hosting a screening but have not yet scheduled it, or are just thinking about hosting a screening for the first time, now is a great time to get in touch! To get the process started, fill out the form at JoinOrDieFilm.com/#host or email [email protected]. Hope you can check out the film — and share it with your community!

JOIN OR DIE's 2024 Join Up! Tour is in full swing. Earlier this year, we invited any community organization, congregation, campus, conference, or company—big or small—to use the film as a tool to bring people together to talk about civic rejuvenation. So far, over 2500 groups (and counting!) have requested a screening—and hundreds of screening events have already been hosted. Today, we wanted to share the 3 ways you can keep the momentum going by seeing the film and helping spread its civic message: 1. ATTEND SCREENINGS NEAR YOU: See JOIN OR DIE in theaters or at a public community screening. The film is still screening in theaters across the country, as well as in dozens of public community screening events. Visit JoinOrDieFilm.com/#see to find out if the film is screening near you. 2. RENT AND WATCH AT HOME: If no screenings are happening nearby, you can now — for the next 30 days — see JOIN OR DIE at home through Theatrical Video on Demand at Rent.JoinOrDieFilm.com. Our hope remains that, in the spirit of the film’s message, most viewers find a way to see the film together, in community. However, we have decided to create this one-month window for home rentals for two reasons: First, so more people interested in hosting community screening events can see the film for the first time as they consider and plan their event; and second, so we can continue our Join Up! Tour into next year (proceeds from home rentals will go towards us continuing the film’s community tour into 2025). We have partnered with the platform Gathr for this release and you can head over to Rent.JoinOrDieFilm.com to rent and watch today! 3. HOST A COMMUNITY SCREENING: Most importantly, we hope you will consider hosting a community screening. We see JOIN OR DIE as a community organizing tool—and have been delighted by how local leaders around the country have used it to catalyze conversations about rejuvenating civic life in their institutions and communities. Whether you have already hosted a screening and want to host another one, reached out to us about hosting a screening but have not yet scheduled it, or are just thinking about hosting a screening for the first time, now is a great time to get in touch! To get the process started, fill out the form at JoinOrDieFilm.com/#host or email [email protected]. Hope you can check out the film — and share it with your community!

Announcing Join or Die’s “Join Up! Tour 2024” — a community screening tour showcasing the importance of clubs in shaping America’s destiny. Ready to spark change in your community? Host a screening and be part of the conversation. Visit https://JoinOrDieFilm.com to get involved.

Announcing Join or Die’s “Join Up! Tour 2024” — a community screening tour showcasing the importance of clubs in shaping America’s destiny. Ready to spark change in your community? Host a screening and be part of the conversation. Visit https://JoinOrDieFilm.com to get involved.

We'll be at SLO Film Fest next month in San Luis Obispo, CA! Tickets and screening times are here: https://lnkd.in/eYKBTQTY

Heading to SXSWEDU? Stop by our screening on March 5th at 4pm! https://lnkd.in/eS2Byrn2