Join or Die | A Film About Our Need for Connection

A film about why you should join a club…and why the fate of America depends on it.

The Fillmore County League of Women Voters and Lanesboro Arts to two free community screenings of the film “Join or Die“on January 31:

• First showing is at the Jem Theater in Harmony at 10 a.m.
• Second showing is at the St. Mane Theater in Lanesboro at 4 p.m.

Discussion will follow.

This Emmy-nominated feature documentary follows the half-century story of America’s civic unraveling through the journey of legendary 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 — from Priya Parker, Pete Buttigieg, and Surgeon General Vivek Murthy to Jane McAlevey, Hillary Clinton, and Eddie Glaude Jr. — as well as inspiring groups building community in neighborhoods across the country, Bob explores three urgent civic questions: What makes democracy work? Why is American democracy in crisis? And, most importantly… What can we do about it?

The film is produced by Delevan Street Films.