Courtney Sexton Exiting CNN Films to Rejoin Participant Overseeing Documentary Film
The news network announced last month it would stop commissioning long-form documentaries from third parties.
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From Alex Gibney to Steve James, 19 Documentarians Will Make You Ache for the Loss of Diane Weyermann
“She changed the face of the documentary.” After losing her battle with cancer, Weyermann’s champions sent IndieWire a flood of tributes. Read them here.
Diane Weyermann, Participant Exec and ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ EP, Remembered by Film Community
The Participant CCO and former director of the Sundance Institute’s Documentary Film Program died Thursday of cancer in New York. She was 66.
Participant Is Using ‘John Lewis: Good Trouble’ to Inspire Georgia Residents to Vote
Participant launched a campaign that married Hollywood spectacle with a visible role model to help inspire social action.
Hollywood Wakes Up to the Idea Profit and Social Justice Can Coexist
New multicultural film fund AUM Group is the latest to aim for social change while being lucrative.
Diane Weyermann Promoted to Chief Content Officer at Participant Media
Weyermann helped shape the company’s acclaimed documentary projects over the last 15 years.
TIFF 2019 Tribute Gala Will Honor Participant Media and a ‘Female Emerging Talent’
The annual event will include two brand new awards this year: the TIFF Impact Award and the Mary Pickford Award.
‘Roma’: Here’s How Alfonso Cuarón Can Really Disrupt the Oscar Race
The director had three sacred principles in making this film, and they could be keys to Oscar success in February.
‘Midsummer in Newtown’ Exclusive Clip: Documentary Explores a Shakespearean Production In The Aftermath of Sandy Hook
The film will open in New York theaters this Friday, January 27 .
Braving Chernobyl for Oscar-Shortlisted Post-Apocalyptic Short ‘Graffiti’ — Watch
In a behind-the-scenes video, director Lluis Quilez explains why he shot his short film at the nuclear site.
Pivot TV Shuts Down: Why Participant Media’s Millennial Cable Network Couldn’t Survive
The channel goes dark in the face of a changing media environment, Participant’s failure to latch on to a strategy that worked and a fickle young audience.
Rainn Wilson’s SoulPancake Acquired by Participant Media
The companies join forces to offer audiences positive and inspirational content across all platforms.
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