Get the latest gossip

Participant “Gratitude & Pride”: Ava DuVernay, Martin Sheen, Regina King, Alfonso Cuarón, Matt Damon, Diego Luna & More Ask Hollywood To Embrace Shuttered Company’s Social Impact Legacy

The closing of the multi-Oscar winning shingle signals a warning for Hollywood

Over its run, Participant by the numbers equals 135 films, five series, 21 Oscars — including the duo of Best Pictures, four Best Documentaries and two Best International Features — 18 Primetime Emmys and more than $3.3 billion in global box office. Cristela AlonzoCourtney Andrialis-VincentYalitza AparicioRosanna ArquetteAV SquadJustin BaldoniJohn BattsekLaTosha Brown, Black Voters MatterScott Budnick, The Anti-Recidivism Coalition (ARC) and 1CommunityTarana Burke, Me Too MovementSophia BushCAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment)Caring Across GenerationsLinda Yvette ChávezDon CheadleGeorge ClooneyJulie CohenGabriela CowperthwaiteJulie Ann Crommett, Collective MoxieAlfonso CuarónAlan CummingRichard CurtisMatt DamonDestin Daniel CrettonViola DavisHeino DeckertDefine AmericanJuan DevisJune Diane RaphaelDaveed DiggsAbigail DisneyMark DuplassAva DuVernayChiwetel EjioforEnfield RoadBrandee EvansEvotion MediaVera FarmigaJane FondaDeVon FranklinGeena Davis InstituteAnna GerbGLAADGold HouseGoldcrest FilmsYoni GolijovGood EnergyFatima Goss Graves, National Women’s Law CenterClark GreggDavis GuggenheimMark HamillEd HarrisCrystal Echo Hawk, IllumiNativeJamey HeathMatthew HeinemanDr. Alisha Hines, The Center for Scholars & Storytellers at UCLALouise Hogarthhonto88IllumiNativeIn Creative CompanyAlejandro G. IñarrituMaikiko James, Women in FilmSteve JamesRaquel JaramilloMichael KeatonDaniel Dae KimRegina KingShaka KingElba Luis LugoDiego LunaMACROMichael MannStephanie MarinNeyda Martinez, THE NEW SCHOOLPaola MendozaAlyssa MilanoAndria Wilson Mirza, Women in FilmNational Domestic Workers AllianceNew York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT)Yvette Nicole BrownSue Obeidi, Muslim Public Affairs Council Hollywood BureauJoshua OppenheimerAnshantia Oso, BLD PWR/BLD PWR ProductionsDavid OyelowoPiper PeraboPierpoline FilmsPillars FundLaura PoitrasAi-jen Poo, The National Domestic Workers Alliance & Caring Across GenerationsPop Culture CollaborativePopShiftDawn PorterMónica Ramírez, Justice for Migrant Women & The Latinx HouseJonas Poher RasmussenRashad Robinson, Color of ChangeJess Morales Rocketto, Equis InstituteAnthony D. Romero, American Civil Liberties UnionAudrey RosenbergYvonne RussoKendrick Sampson, BLD PWR/BLD PWR ProductionsLiz SargentSteve SarowitzVicki Shabo, New America Better Life Lab’s Entertainment InitiativeMartin SheenOctavia SpencerBryan Stevenson, Equal Justice InitiativeStoryline Partnerstao/sThe LeagueBaratunde ThurstonYalda T. Uhls, The Center for Scholars & Storytellers at UCLAUSC Annenberg Norman Lear CenterChristine VachonGloria Walton, The Solutions ProjectKerry WashingtonBetsy WestWomen in Animation (WIA)Sophie Yan, Everytown for Gun Safety

Get the Android app