18/10/2024
📣 Out on Netflix now: A film about the social health of our country, Join or Die.
The film covers a topic close to our hearts here at Grouper. Our mission is to encourage healthy living through activities that build meaningful social connections and shared experiences. You can see why we're such fans of this life changing work!
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.
