Editing Up with People (section)

== ''Smile 'Til It Hurts: The Up With People Story'' documentary ==
''Smile 'Til It Hurts: The Up With People Story'' (2009) is a documentary made by the wife of a former Up With People member, Lee Storey.<ref>{{Citation |last=Storey |first=Lee |title=Smile 'Til It Hurts: The Up with People Story |date=2009-08-07 |type=Documentary |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1329440/ |access-date=2024-03-18 |publisher=Storey Vision Productions}}</ref> A water rights attorney who never had training as a filmmaker, Storey felt compelled to make the film when she discovered her husband was keeping a secret from her: he was a former UWP member. The film contains never-before-seen archival footage, and the honest reflections of former members. The filmmakers describe it as "what can happen when ideology, money and [[groupthink]] converge to co-opt youthful idealism."[http://www.smiletilithurts.com/synopsis.html] The documentary asserts that the organization, founded on conservative American ideals, was funded by corporate America and was deliberate propaganda to counteract the liberal counterculture of the 1960s and 1970s. Former members talk about their experiences in UWP, which ranged from positive to more cult-like regimented rules.

The documentary spawned a lawsuit against the IRS, in which filmmaker Lee Storey asserted the right to deduct her expenses in making the film, even though she derived no profit from it. Storey won the case, with the Tax Court ruling production of the film was a deductible trade or business expense.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cieply |first=Michael |date=2012-04-22 |title=Filmmaker Wins Case Against I.R.S. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/23/movies/filmmaker-wins-case-against-irs.html |access-date=2024-03-18 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>