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Fastcompany has a nice article about Participant Media,
and how independent film can contribute to activism. While Participant is well known for working
on documentaries with independent studios, it has sometimes worked with larger
Hollywood efforts, such as “Judas and the Black Messiah”, which starred at 2021
Sundance and which opened in theaters and HBOMax for Black History Month.
The article shows several videos on the topic, based
on the film “Last Call at the Oasis” (2011, Jessoca Yu), reviewed here in May
2012 (see label).
The bullet points are . (1) Become a hub for activists
(2)Give people tools to act locally (especially relevant with an issue like
climate change) (3) Provide incentive for action (4) create content around the
original content (which was my technique 20 years ago with gays in the military)
(5) let the film’s message take on its own life. .
In the video below, Participant Media executive Holly
Gordon is interviewed by Joel Stein. Participant Media
Here is Participant Media’s Take Action link.
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