- Title: Mary J. Blige and Carey Mulligan react to women's marches
- Date: 22nd January 2017
- Summary: WASHINGTON D.C., UNITED STATES (JANUARY 21, 2017) (REUTERS) ****WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** VARIOUS OF PEOPLE MARCHING WITH CAPITOL IN THE BACKGROUND PARK CITY, UTAH, UNITED STATES (JANUARY 21, 2017) (REUTERS) PAN OF CROWDS AT RALLY ACTRESS CAREY MULLIGAN AT PREMIERE FOR 'MUDBOUND' ACTOR GARRETT HEDLUND MUSICIAN MARY J. BLIGE (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTRESS, CAREY MULLIGAN, SAYING: "Yeah, it was really inspiring, really incredible to see. I spent the morning crying a lot but it's amazing thing to see. I haven't seen anything like this in my lifetime. The biggest thing I've seen is Stop the War' but it's kind of incredible and to be in America that day is great, although it did happen all over the world and in London there was a pretty big march too." (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR, GARRETT HEDLUND, SAYING: "It was astronomical. Seeing all the photos from New York, Washington, Boston, Park City, there were a lot of marches." (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTRESS AND MUSICIAN, MARY J. BLIGE, SAYING: "I'm very happy about change, change in us that we are going to do something for ourselves. This is going to make us move for ourselves. When we're being spoiled, we can't do anything for ourselves but now we're not being spoiled, we're seeing what the real truth is, the cover pulled back, the curtain pulled back and we're seeing what it truly is so we have to live and think 'ok, so what are my choices here? Do I love myself?' Ok, if I love myself, I love everyone else which is truth." BLIGE BEING INTERVIEWED MULLIGAN BEING INTERVIEWED VARIOUS OF DIRECTOR AND WRITER DEE REES (SOUNDBITE) (English) DIRECTOR AND WRITER, DEE REES, SAYING: "Yes, it's about family, it's about relationships, it's about all those things. I was in DC yesterday for the inauguration protesting like I'm here now. I think as an artist, we all fight on different front, so I think culture is the long game, culture is the long term for that. Someone may not hear you when you're standing there with a sign but they can watch a film and have the critical distance to see themselves and see how they want to change their lives." ACTOR JASON MITCHELL ACTOR ROB MORGAN CAST AND CREW OF 'MUDBOUND' AT PHOTOCALL 'WIND RIVER' ACTRESS ELIZABETH OLSEN POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS ACTOR JEREMY RENNER SITTING ASIDE THEN DOING PHOTOCALL WRITER/DIRECTOR TAYLOR SHERIDAN (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTRESS, ELIZABETH OLSEN, SAYING: "I think it's really powerful and I think that our country trying to represent something to the rest of the world saying that this is the people that we actually believe that we are and that we haven't forgotten who we are and we're all standing together all over the country to represent that." RENNER BEING INTERVIEWED PRODUCER HARVEY WEINSTEIN AT CARPET RENNER BEING INTERVIEWED
- Embargoed: 5th February 2017 18:40
- Keywords: Carey Mulligan Mary J. Blige Garrett Hedlund Elizabeth Olsen Donald Trump women's marches
- Location: WASHINGTON D.C. UNITED STATES / PARK CITY, UTAH, UNITED STATES
- City: WASHINGTON D.C. UNITED STATES / PARK CITY, UTAH, UNITED STATES
- Country: USA
- Topics: Fundamental Rights/Civil Liberties,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001605UZIF
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Celebrities react to the protests against Donald Trump during the Sundance Film Festival.
During the movie premiere of "Mudbound", Carey Mulligan, Garrett Hedlund, Mary J Blige and director Dee Rees expressed their feelings on the woman's march which drew nearly 5 million protesters, according to organizers. During the Festival, thousands walked down the festival's main street before attending a rally held by the comedian Chelsea Handler.
"I spent the morning crying a lot but it's amazing thing to see. I haven't seen anything in my lifetime. The biggest thing I've seen is Stop the War' but it's kind of incredible and to be in America that day... although it did happen all over the world and in London there was a pretty big march too", actress Carey Mulligan told Reuters.
"I'm very happy about change, change in us that we are going to do something for ourselves. This is going to make us move for ourselves", said singer and actress Mary J. Blige.
"I was in DC yesterday for the inauguration protesting like I'm here now. I think as an artist, we all fight on different front, so I think culture is the long game, culture is the long term for that. Someone may not hear you when you're standing there with a sign but they can watch a film and have the critical distance to see themselves and see how they want to change their lives", told "Mudbound" writer and director Dee Rees. The film, based on the novel by Hillary Jordan, portrays the story of warring families during World War II in the US.
Actress Elizabeth Olsen, star of the movie "Wind River", also expressed her view. "I think it's really powerful and I think that our country trying to represent something to the rest of the world saying that this is the people that we actually believe that we are and that we haven't forgotten who we are and we're all standing together all over the country to represent that".
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