Amber Heard supporters are launching the CannesYouNot campaign ahead of Johnny Depp walking the red carpet: “To open your festival with Johnny Depp? To be frank, it feels like a slap in the face.'
will open the prestigious festival on Tuesday night when Cannes kicks off in the South of France.
Along with her caption, Barlow posted a series of photos depicting accused men who have been prominent presences at Cannes over the years including Depp, Roman Polanski, Harvey Weinstein, Woody Allen, Gerard Depardieu and Luc Besson. “If you support Cannes, you support predators,” Barlow’s post says.
@LeaveHeardAlone, is one of the individuals who helped organized the campaign. Rebecca says that most people involved in organizing the campaign, including herself, are survivors of sexual abuse. They found the Depp v. Heard trial to be “heartbreaking and frightening.” “In the wake of the Harvey Weinstein watershed moment, the Cannes Film Festival said they took allegations of abuse seriously,” Rebecca adds. “We think it’s hypocritical for the Cannes Film Festival to have an anti-discrimination, anti-abuse policy, while opening the festival with a film starring Johnny Depp.”pushed back on criticism
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