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Participant, maker of 'Green Book' and 'An Inconvenient Truth,' is shutting down

LOS ANGELES — After 20 years, 21 Academy Awards and 18 Emmys, socially conscious film production company Participant is shutting down. The Culver City company told its employees Tuesday morning that it would be winding down operations. In a letter to staff, founder and former eBay president Jeff Skoll wrote that the decision was "difficult," but that it was "the right time" for him to evaluate ...
Former Vice President Al Gore waves to photographers during a press conference to promote the movie "An Inconvenient Truth" on Sept. 12, 2006, in Hong Kong.

LOS ANGELES — After 20 years, 21 Academy Awards and 18 Emmys, socially conscious film production company Participant is shutting down.

The Culver City company told its employees Tuesday morning

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