Rob's achievements in film and television gave us some of our most cherished stories on screen. But beneath all of the stories he produced was a deep belief in the goodness of people-and a lifelong commitment to putting that belief into action.
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
Despite (or perhaps because of) its overwhelming awfulness, the climate crisis has been oddly underrepresented on stage and screen. Humanity's greatest challenge has often been deemed too much of a downer, too complex or too dull a topic to spawn shows and movies. A burst of recent climate-themed cultural output, however, suggests this may be changing. Weather Girl, a one-woman play about the unraveling of a TV meteorologist who can no longer bear to gloss over climate breakdown in California,
Diane Keaton appeared in 60 films, performed more than two dozen television parts, earned four Best Actress Oscar nominations (and one win, for 1977's), accrued multiple directing credits (including an episode of ), and wielded seismic influence on women's fashion. All of it was driven by a quest to understand and embody beauty - a word that haunted her since her father told her on her 15th birthday that she was pretty. Keaton didn't want to be pretty. She wanted to be beautiful.
Stepping through the doors of the Fashion and Textile Museum at the moment feels like stepping through the back of a wardrobe into a land where the air smells faintly of lavender sachets and starched lace, and everyone looks ready to promenade along a gravel path. Here, corsets whisper secrets, petticoats swish in approval, and gentlemen's coats stand at attention, ready for their next close-up.
One employer asked him, Have you thought about taking elocution lessons? Others told him his film ideas which explored diversity in innovative ways - were a bit niche. I was 28 and at the end of my tether, he recalled. I was working a minimum wage job in a call centre, my life on hold, trying to break into TV. But the industry felt very Oxbridge and very white dominated by people with cut-glass BBC accents.
Born in June 1952 in Ohsweken, Ontario, on Canada's Six Nations Reserve, Greene worked as a draftsman, high steelworker, welder and carpenter before becoming an actor in the 1970s, beginning with the 1979 Canadian drama series The Great Detective and 1983 film Running Brave. He is best known for his landmark role as Kicking Bird in the 1990 film Dances with Wolves. Greene's 1991 Oscar nomination was one of 12 the movie earned.
"I had a vision and a dream decades ago of impacting the next generation. On day one, seeing the faces of these 21 apprentices brought me to tears because my dream has come true full circle."
"I was not reserved but there's a certain persona you may present when you're going into a space that isn't necessarily designed around you, but I never felt out of place."
