Sean Penn flies to Ukraine to shoot a documentary on the Russian invasion

Sean Penn is in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, to film a documentary on the Russian invasion currently in progress. He confirmed this to the magazine Variety Vice Studios, which produces the project along with Vice World News and Endeavor Content. And Thursday 24 February the Oscar winner attended the President’s meeting with the foreign pressas shown by an official image of the Government’s Facebook profile.

At the forefront of the Covid-19 emergency, in 2010 he founded the CORE association (Community Organized Relief Effort) to help the people of Haiti after the earthquake, recounting initiatives in the documentary Citizen Penn by Discovery +. In 2016 Sean Penn interviewed for Rolling Stones – and then publicly regretted it with a long letter – one of the leading exponents of the Mexican drug cartels, El Chapo.

Already last November, the 61-year-old actor, director and activist went there to visit the area with the military of the Ukrainian Joint Forces Operation, the national armed forces, and ora has been meeting with journalists and politicians for a few days to better understand the situationat least according to the statements of Newsweek who spoke of a meeting with Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk.

Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s presidency also released an official statement praising the artist’s social commitment: “The director – reads the note – arrived in Kiev expressly to record all the events currently underway in Ukraine and tell the world the truth about the Russian attack against our country (…) he has shown support and the nation she is grateful to him for such a display of valor and honesty. “

Comes shortly after the political dig: “He has shown a courage that many others, including some Western politicians, lack.”

Hollywood’s reaction was not long in coming. Stephen King used the metaphor of playground bullies to explain the conflict and invite the rest of the world to intervene. Cardi B tweeted a harsh reaction on the sanctions. On Instagram Annie Lennox spoke of madness and brutality while Angelina Jolie appealed to humanitarian associations. While the public didn’t like John Cena’s line used to promote his Peacemaker series at all.

Meanwhile, Russian celebrities risk a lot if they post anti-war content. From singer Valery Meladze to former skating champion Evgenia Medvedeva, the voices of dissent in the entertainment world continue to multiply.

And the major monuments in the world, including the Colosseum in Rome, show the colors of the Ukrainian flag. Meanwhile, social media. they mobilize with messages of solidarity and with modified profile pictures to send a message of support to Ukraine.

Source: Vanity Fair

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