3 p.m. on Thursday, August 7, 2025
Documentary Film: Join or Die
This documentary examines social scientist Robert Putnam's "Bowling Alone" theory of how declining community engagement created an American civic crisis.
About the Speaker:
Rebecca Davis has produced for HBO, VICE, Al Jazeera and A&E, and was the supervising producer for Season 2 of Vox's Netflix show, Explained. She was a senior producer with NBC News for nearly a decade, where she helped to launch NBC News' first digital video unit. Her work there in short-form documentaries focused on social movements, environmental and economic justice and community innovators.
Her first feature-length documentary, Join or Die, on the life and work of civic guru Robert Putnam, premiered at SXSW in 2023 and is currently streaming on Netflix.
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