Bad Robot Productions announced on its social media this week that it will partner with the JJ Abrams family foundation and wife Katie McGrath to donate $2 million (a total of $10 million) annually over five years to "organizations with an agenda to eliminate racial discrimination" that will "close the gap and help the poor." , to build a just America for all."
American Bad Robot Films is part of paramount Films, which has participated in the production of films such as Star Trek (2009), The Clover Files, Mission Impossible series, Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, and so on. Jj Abrams, a well-known Hollywood producer and director, is the company's chairman and CEO.
JJ Abrams and wife Katie McGrath. Image from foreign media
But Bad Robot acknowledges that donations won't solve all the problems condemned by local protests against racial discrimination in the U.S. over the past few days, but said donations can help address the policy vacuum. "Corporate and political philanthropy will never solve these systemic inequalities, but capable businesses and individuals must do what we can."
Over the weekend, multiple Hollywood organizations pledged to address the problems of black lives and improve the lives and freedoms of people of color by making statements.
Beijing News Editor Wu Dongni
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