“To Have Them Disappear Is Devastating”: Doc Filmmakers Reckon With Participant’s Abrupt End For issues-focused creators, the Jeff Skoll-backed company was an ally, a champion and deep-pocketed backer willing to tackle tough subjects in an increasingly commercialized nonfiction environment.

Wait… did #JeffSkoll shutter #Participant because weasels kidnapped his brain and he turned MAGA? I must live under a rock. I covered them when I was an agent and admired their output. Ugh. 😑

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