Last week, the advocacy groups Maine Equal Justice (MEJ) and Mayors and Counties for a Guaranteed Income co-hosted a screening of the documentary “It’s Basic,” which follows participants in guaranteed income pilot programs across the U.S., highlighting the life-changing impact a regular income can have for Americans struggling to make ends meet.

The event was part of the Guaranteed Income Works national tour and included a screening of It’s Basic, a documentary feature film following guaranteed income recipients from pilots across the nation. The film was directed by Emmy award-winning director Marc Levin, and premiered at Tribeca Film Festival in June 2023.

Boulder’s guaranteed income pilot will begin payments in 2024.

DTLA Film Festival – a leading showcase from independent films in Los Angeles – announced today its 2023 Filmmakers Awards. Director-writer Nicki Micheaux’s “Summer of Violence,” the festival’s Centerpiece Film, won Best Picture. Rosemary Rodriguez, the director of the festival’s Opening Night Film, “Hail Mary,” was named Best Director, and the two tied for Audience Favorite Award. “It’s Basic” by Marc Levin took the Best Documentary award.

Emmy-winning filmmaker Marc Levin and executive producer Michael Tubbs break down the deep history and complicated reality of guaranteed basic income in the documentary " It's Basic ," which debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year.

A new documentary featuring a guaranteed basic income experiment in Cambridge shows the good that comes from giving low-income families a little extra help each month.

The roundtable discussion will be held tonight at 6:30 p.m. at the Grand Lake Theatre, at 3200 Grand Ave. in Oakland.

The Wellstone Center was ablaze with excitement on Wednesday, July 19th, as the highly anticipated Minnesota premiere of “It’s Basic” took center stage.

The film follows five basic income recipients in different cities, its director, Marc Levin told CBS News.

The first trailer has been unveiled for Marc Levin's documentary 'It's Basic,' which will have its world premiere at the Tribeca Festival.

It’s Basic, a new documentary premiering at the Tribeca film festival, looks at the US program that gave participants $500 a month, no strings attached.

MovieMaker: It's Basic, a deeply moving new documentary about universal basic income, shows the shocking thing people do when the government hands them

IT’S BASIC directed by Marc Levin will have its world premiere at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival in the Spotlight Documentary section on June 12th.

Founded in 2002 in response to the September 11 terrorist attacks on downtown Manhattan, the Tribeca Film Festival spent its first few two decades running at the end of April.