Nolte: Shuttered Studio Participant Discovers Social Justice Movies Don’t Sell

Nolte: Shuttered Studio Participant Discovers Social Justice Movies Don’t Sell


After 20 years of producing movies pretty much no one wanted to see, film studio Participant is shutting down, which means the loss of 100 jobs.

Don’t feel bad. Those hundred people hate you. It’s fine…

Has anyone watched one of these titles more than once?

An Inconvenient Truth Good Night, and Good Luck Waiting for Superman Spotlight Roma Food, Inc. North Country Syriana American Gun Fair Game Judas and the Black Messiah R.B.G. Just Mercy Cesar Chavez Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains The Informant! The Cove Stillwater American Factory When They See Us 

And those are just the more famous Participant titles. Over two decades, Participant produced more than 130 titles, including a biopic of Shirley Chisholm called Chisholm (I prefer

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