Jane Fonda dedicated her Golden Globes speech to honoring Black-led projects
Jane Fonda remains an absolute legend. Not only is she an incredible actress, but she’s dedicated her entire career to bringing awareness to social justice and environmental issues. Fonda was honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award at this year’s Golden Globes, and she used the opportunity to bring awareness to the hard work Black actors, filmmakers, and crew put into making some of the most notable projects in the past year.
“Just this year, Nomadland helped me feel love for the wanderers among us and Minari opened my eyes to the experience of immigrants dealing with the realities of life in a new land, and Judas and the Black Messiah, Small Axe, United States vs. Billie Holiday, Ma Rainey and One Night in Miami… and others have deepened my empathy for what being Black has meant,” she said. She also mentioned I May Destroy You, the Golden Globes’ biggest snub of the year, saying it “taught [her] to consider sexual violence in a whole new way.”