Today we close out twenty years of art, activism, and impact. We still believe a good story well told can change the world, and we know this change continues in you.
Thank you for being a Participant.
#ParticipantsWanted
#Art
#Activism
Thank you to the doctors, scientists & public health experts, like those at
@ColumbiaMSPH
, who are fighting to stop the spread of
#COVID19
. It’s up to all of us to help
#ControlTheContagion
. Hear more from the cast & the experts on what you need to know:
What a night. 💛 Huge congrats to
@ROMACuaron
on its 2
#GoldenGlobes
wins for Best Motion Picture - Foreign Language and Best Director. Thank you,
@alfonsocuaron
, for creating such a deeply moving film about family, love and the people that shape who we are.
Happy birthday to a legendary Good Troublemaker,
@MsLaToshaBrown
! 🎉 Thank you always speaking out, fighting for what's right and making good trouble! See more + support LaTosha's work at
@BlackVotersMtr
→
With
@DarkWatersMovie
hitting theaters everywhere tomorrow and big chemical companies taking notice,
@MarkRuffalo
breaks down how this story is just the beginning. See
#DarkWaters
, and learn how you can protect yourself and your community at ➡️
For years, the gov't has turned a blind eye while companies allow toxic chemicals to contaminate our drinking water.💧 This
#WorldWaterDay
, join environmental attorney Rob Bilott & Actor
@MarkRuffalo
to demand clean water now at .
🎥🎉
#DarkWaters
received a nomination from
@les_cesar
for Best Foreign Film! We’re so proud of
@MarkRuffalo
, Todd Haynes, the cast, producers, crew and— of course— Attorney
@RobertBilott
, the real-life superhero who inspired it all.
“Knowledge is power. Music is power... I’m always going to fight for us, I’m always gonna fight for my people and fight for what’s right, and I believe that’s what music does and storytelling does.”
Congrats to
@HERMusicx
on her
#Oscars
win for “Fight for You” from
@JATBMFilm
!
The
@EWG
has confirmed the presence of
#foreverchemicals
(PFAS) at nearly 300 military installations across the country. Our military deserves better. Take action to help secure safer conditions for our heroes at ….
#DarkWaters
This weekend marks the one year anniversary of the release of
@Ava
’s
#WhenTheySeeUs
. The series chronicles the true story of the
#Exonerated5
: Raymond, Yusef, Antron, Kevin and Korey. Five innocent teens who were prejudged as guilty by a biased criminal justice machine.
“I hope generations after this can see how brilliantly [Fred Hampton] thought, how brilliantly he spoke and how brilliantly he loved.” — Daniel Kaluuya
#JudasAndTheBlackMessiah
☎ Join us for a
#DarkWaters
Telephone Town Hall ☎ Hear from actor & activist
@MarkRuffalo
, real-life hero Rob Bilott & community leaders on the urgent conversation surrounding
@DarkWatersMovie
. Mark & Rob will also be taking your questions! Register at:
“I know that if John Lewis as a 19, 20-year-old wasn’t doing what he did, I would not be here today.” —
@AOC
Congressman Lewis paved the way for so many of us to fight for what’s right, what’s fair, what’s just.
#GoodTrouble
We're beginning the day at the
@washingtonpost
! Bilott,
@MarkRuffalo
& community organizer
@edonovan01
discuss the film & the campaign to spread awareness about the ongoing dangers of chemical contamination in areas across the country. Tune in:
#DarkWaters
From the bottom of my 💚, I want to thank you all for the birthday love!
My one bday wish would be for you to support the heroes @ the frontlines of the
#ClimateJustice
movement. You can by grabbing an exclusive
#Avengers
tee, 100% benefitting
@100isnow
:
Today
#Fleemovie
made
@theacademy
history with three
#OscarNoms
for:
⭐ Best Animated Feature
⭐ Best Documentary Feature
⭐ Best International Film
A huge congrats to Director Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellstrom, Charlotte De La Gournerie + our partners
@neonrated
!
#Oscars
The chemical companies knew exactly what they were doing. We’re just beginning to understand the consequences. Find out how you can protect yourself and your community at .
#DarkWaters
.
@DBtodomundo
+ Spike Lee, so proud to be part of this team bringing phenomenon
@AmericanUtopia
and its much needed message of hope and unity to screens around the world. More to come!!
#AmericanUtopia
"Remind yourself why you're telling the story every morning on the way to set. Why it's important to you, what you want to say. Every single morning." -
@Ava
gave her list of tips to remember while directing during her
#GothamAwards
acceptance speech...👏
"How blessed we are that we lived in a lifetime where he existed... When they played divide and conquer, we say unite and ascend."
#DanielKaluuya
pays tribute to Chairman Fred Hampton and the Black Panthers in his speech for Best Supporting Actor
#Oscars
#JudasAndTheBlackMessiah
.
@ChristophrWood
, Actor and Co-Founder of
@IDONTMIND
, credited his father for encouraging him to freely express his emotions as a kid - and discussed the need to reprogram how we talk about feelings with boys starting from a young age.
#4Convos1Thing
On
#EarthDay
,
@MarkRuffalo
sat down with
@MarkFavors
, an army veteran, anti-PFAS activist and nurse currently on the front lines of the
#COVID19
fight in Harlem.
Their message for young activists? "Thank you. We need you." ❤️
"Visibility and recognition for women in the film industry - like any industry - helps push ALL women forward." Directors
@FilmmakerJulie
and
@Betsywest
on why they're proud to be at the
#Oscars
representing
#RBGMovie
. 👏
“It’s…me finding out who I am.” – Amir “
@questlove
” Thompson about the Clotilda, the last slave ship to arrive in the U.S.
Thompson, a direct descendant of the survivors of the ship, is an executive producer of the doc,
#Descendant
, streaming now on
@Netflix
.
“That anyone can actually go after their dreams, that you’re not limited by your race or your class or your ethnicity or your socioeconomic conditions...there is room for everybody.” -
@YalitzaAparicio
on what she hopes people take away from her
#Oscars
Best Actress nomination.💛
Congrats to the notorious
@RBGMovie
for receiving 2 Academy Award Nominations, including Best Documentary and Best Original Song!! 👏⚖️
#RBGMovie
#OscarNoms
Chloé Zhao makes
#Oscars
history as first Asian woman and woman of color to win Best Director. Listen to her profound speech about finding the goodness in ourselves and others.
“It’s easy to look back at history and think you would have been on the right side, getting into ‘good trouble’ when justice demanded it. But history is calling now. What will you do to answer its cry?” —
@RevDrBarber
#JUNETEENTH2020
#MakeGoodTrouble
“When I think about
#FredHampton
's legacy, I think about a young person who helped bring people together and find power in ways they didn’t know they had...” See more from
#JudasAndTheBlackMessiah
star LaKeith Stanfield +
#CampaignZero
cofounder
@deray
→
#ForeverChemicals
aren’t a thing of the past. They can still be found in many household products – like cookware and even the inside of microwavable popcorn bags (
@EWG
). Head to to see how you can protect yourself and your home.
#DarkWaters
Known globally as Little Miss Flint, Mari Copeny first rose to the public spotlight when her letter to President Obama led to $100M dollars in relief funds for the city. She uses her platform to oppose the injustices of environmental racism + has produced her very own H2O filter.
“I wanted to take film and tell those stories of real people on the front lines fighting for their lives every single day, we never hear from, never hear about." —
@MarkRuffalo
#DarkWaters
"Your vote is a demonstration of the power that you have and that's why we want you to exercise it."
@MsLaToshaBrown
#MakeGoodTrouble
Early in-person voting has officially begun in Georgia for the Senate
#runoffs
! 🗳🍑 Find your polling place →
Meet
@MsLaToshaBrown
:
@BlackVotersMtr
co-founder and Good Troublemaker based in ATL. 🗳✨ Right now, more than 180,000 eligible voters still haven’t registered to vote in Georgia. You can help close that gap. Find out how ➡️ .
#MakeGoodTrouble
“This movie goes beyond making a movie…it did so much for so many people.” - Adam Sandler
@EugenioDerbez
sat down with
@AdamSandler
following a screening of
#RadicalTheMovie
to talk about making the film, the Radical Fund, and more.
🔗 :
Scientists & health professionals are working tirelessly to find a vaccine for
#COVID19
, but it’s going to take time. Until then, we must protect each other. Hear from Contagion star Jennifer Ehle and
@ColumbiaMSPH
on the fight to
#ControltheContagion
➡️ .
The first poster for
#JudasAndTheBlackMessiah
is here. 🎥🔥
From Producers Ryan Coogler &
@IAmCharlesDKing
.
Directed by Shaka King.
Starring Daniel Kaluuya & LaKeith Stanfield.
Coming 2021.
There are roughly 5.2 million unregistered eligible voters in the US. Why? In part, because voter suppression laws have intentionally made it more difficult for poor people, Black people and people of color to vote. Here’s something you can do about it right now. [Thread]
"We must stop the heartbeat of denial and revive America to the thumping beat of truth. The carnage has no chance of stopping until the denial stops." —
@DrIbram
for
@TheAtlantic
Take it from
@Georgia_NAACP
Pres
@iMajorWish
: we've got to keep showing up and demanding accountability at the ballot box.
#MakeGoodTrouble
Georgia, make sure you're registered to vote in the runoffs by 12/7! Every election matters. Every vote matters →
"My mission every single day — in the writing, the direction, every line of dialogue that I wrote, every choice — I wanted the guys to love it." —
@Ava
#WhenTheySeeUs
#Exonerated5
In Celebration of
@Ava
's Birthday today, we're going to share some of our favorite quotes from Ava over the years in this special Birthday THREAD!
#AvaDay
“It is incumbent on us; it lives off us, our taxpayer dollars, our votes, the goods that we buy that are made inside of prisons. It lives off of our ignorance and we can no longer be ignorant.” -
@Ava
on America's criminal justice system.
#WhenTheySeeUsNow
“It is time to lay our careers on the line and push back.” Hear from countless scientists, medical professionals and government officials in TOTALLY UNDER CONTROL. On Demand October 13, premieres on
@hulu
October 20.
@alexgibneyfilm
@neonrated
@undercontrolmov
This film was made in secrecy over the last 5 months to uncover the truth.
From Academy Award Winner Alex Gibney, Ophelia Harutyunyan, and Suzanne Hillinger.
TOTALLY UNDER CONTROL
On Demand 10.13, premieres on
@hulu
10.20
@alexgibneyfilm
@Participant
@undercontrolmov
1/ The artists of
#JudasAndTheBlackMessiah
recently sat down with activists of today’s movement for Black lives, equality and liberation to celebrate Chairman Fred Hampton’s lasting legacy. Stay tuned for their full conversations, debuting each week in Feb. here
@participant
!
Yalitza Aparicio based a lot of her performance in ROMA on memories of her own mother, a domestic worker. 💛 And its her humanity, compassion and authenticity in the role that makes Cleo such a quietly powerful character.
#LeadingWomen
#ROMACuar
ón
Who doesn't love a good checklist?! Our friends
@RainnWilson
and
@aijenpoo
are sharing their voting plans to help you cast your ballot. Have you made your voting plans yet? 🗳✔️
#ParticipantsVote
Request your mail-in ballot:
We are deeply saddened by the passing of Rep. John Lewis, a hero of the Civil Rights Movement who fought endlessly for justice, equality and the right to vote. Rep. Lewis is the embodiment of what it means to do the right thing. No matter what. As he said, causing ‘good trouble.’
The health of our society is in our hands. Literally. Contagion star Kate Winslet explains the science behind why washing our hands and disinfecting surfaces is so crucial to helping
#ControlTheContagion
. Find out more from the experts at
@ColumbiaMSPH
➡️
Model, Producer, & Gender Proud Founder
@GeenaRocero
is taking over our Instagram stories today in honor of
#TransDayofVisibility
& the end of
#WomensHistoryMonth
to discuss what it means to be an out & proud trans woman in media. Head to to follow along!
Did somebody say election year? Co-founded by Rosario Dawson (
@RosarioDawson
), Voto Latino (
@votolatino
) is uniting and empowering the Latinx community to shape the future of politics through the vote.
#JuntoPodemos
🗳