Documentary is completely satisfied to debut an unique clip from siblings Rebecca and Pete Davis’s Be part of or Die. Their debut characteristic documentary examines civic obligation and democratic participation within the U.S. by the continued relevance of Robert Putnam’s Bowling Alone. After the movie’s world premiere at SXSW final 12 months, Abramorama picked it up and is releasing Be part of or Die in theaters tomorrow.
Concerning the clip, the co-directors write, “It’s arduous to wrap our arms round a subject as massive as ‘American neighborhood.’ Nonetheless, Harvard professor and Bowling Alone writer Robert Putnam has, maybe higher than anybody else residing as we speak, tried to take action. Even higher, he’s a grasp at translating his trailblazing social science analysis on America’s social cloth into partaking tales.
“For many years, he has defined to rapt audiences across the nation—from VFW halls to the Oval Workplace—his illuminating findings on the fraying of our nation’s social cloth, however the entirety of his work has by no means been featured in a documentary movie with the potential to achieve a a lot wider viewers. On this clip, we come together with Bob as he recounts the primary moments when he began to comprehend issues in American neighborhood life may be off, a journey that may ultimately deliver him to put in writing his famed Bowling Alone, which got here out in 2000, and is revisited 20 years later, in Be part of or Die.”
Be part of or Die weaves this give attention to Putnam with interviews with politicians and mini-profiles on six up to date neighborhood teams. Rebecca Davis was beforehand supervising producer for Vox’s Defined, and Pete Davis authored Devoted: The Case for Dedication in An Age of Infinite Shopping.