Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is gearing up for awards season domination, leading the film categories at the Golden Globes with four wins, including best drama, best actress in a drama for Frances McDormand, best screenplay for writer/director Martin McDonagh, and best supporting actor for Sam Rockwell.
Whether Rubio’s tweet-storm was spurred at least in part by publicity surrounding the protest in unclear, but activists here and abroad are certainly taken with the billboard approach.Įarlier this week in London, three mobile billboards took to the streets demanding answers in the public housing fire that took 71 lives last September. Those were the work of Justice4Grenfell, described on its Twitter page as an unofficial group demanding an independent investigation and criminal charges in the Grenfell fire.Watch Video: 'Three Billboards' offers small-town tragedy and one mean mother Though Rubio did not specifically address the protest, he unleashed a series of tweets today castigating the media for ignoring the work he’s done that doesn’t conform to a “narrative” that “evil Republicans in pocket of NRA are blocking gun laws.” (See tweets below). The senator ranks as one of the highest recipients of NRA contributions and has received an A+ rating from the NRA.”Īdded Ruby-Sachs: “Today citizens are asking: How come Rubio refuses to protect our children? The senator has taken fire across the country for his toothless response to the shooting, calling it ‘inexplicable’. In a statement released to press, the group’s deputy director Emma Ruby-Sachs said, “Florida has notoriously lax gun laws, and Rubio, who is supported by the NRA, has never attempted to reform them.
The billboards were the work of Avaaz, an online activist group. Jon Gregory Dies: Editor Of Films Such As 'Three Billboards,' 'Secrets & Lies' And 'Four Weddings And A Funeral' Was 77
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