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Arundhati Roy
Arundhati Roy
Indian author and activist
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American author and illustrator
Barbara Kopple
Barbara Kopple
American director
Vanessa Redgrave
Vanessa Redgrave
British actress
Edward James Olmos
Edward James Olmos
American actor and social activist
Emir Kusturica
Bosnian-born Serbian director, screenwriter, actor, and producer
Alain Resnais
Alain Resnais
French film director
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British graffiti artist
Oliver Stone
Oliver Stone
American director, producer, and screenwriter
Al Gore
Al Gore
vice president of United States
Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog
German director
Errol Morris
Errol Morris
American director
Spike Jonze
Spike Jonze
American director and producer
John Berger
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Leonard Nimoy
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Chelsea Handler
Chelsea Handler
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