Participant, the activist film and television studio that has financed Oscar winners like “Spotlight” and socially conscious documentaries like “Food, Inc,” and “Waiting For Superman” is closing its doors after 20 years.
Billionaire Jeff Skoll told his staff of 100 in a memo shared with The Associated Press Tuesday that they were winding down company operations.
“This is not a step I am taking lightly,” Skoll wrote in the memo. “But after 20 years of groundbreaking content and world-changing impact campaigns, it is the right time for me to evaluate my next chapter and approach to tackling the pressing issues of our time.”
Since Skoll founded the company in 2004, Participant has released 135 films, 50 of which were documentaries and many of which were tied to awareness-raising impact campaigns. Their films have won 21 Academy Awards including best picture for “Spotlight” and “ Green Book,” best documentary for “An Inconvenient Truth” and “American Factory” and best international feature for “Roma.”
‘Welcome to Wrexham’ returns for a ‘nail
Dealing with fast spreading pest hits new milestone for Otago Regional Council
US Postal Service seeks to hike stamp prices to 73 cents
Why International Criminal Court has Israeli officials worried
Truth Social: Trump's DJT stock plummets days after going public
Teenagers named as victims of Nelson off
Water tank installation programme changing lives in the Far North
Congress honors deceased Korean War hero with lying in honor ceremony
HK's West Kowloon arts hub to run out of funds in 2025: CEO
Music and martial arts witness China
Colorado reporter's expulsion from Republican gathering causes uproar