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Chadwick Boseman’s Final Social Media Posts Before Passing Away

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Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman privately fought colon cancer for four years. But even as the acclaimed actor battled for his own life, he spent his final months advocating for social justice and trying to protect front-line workers from COVID-19.

Boseman died at age 43 on August 28th, 2020, but his final social media messages capture the character of a man who served as a superhero both on and off the screen.

In a video posted to Boseman’s Instagram on April 15th, 2020, Jackie Robinson Day, many fans were shocked by the actor’s gaunt appearance. Boseman had not talked publicly about his cancer diagnosis, and he didn’t address it in that stirring video either. Instead, Boseman focused the spotlight on the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on essential workers, particularly minority communities.

Dismayed by the lack of equipment to keep essential workers safe, Boseman sought to raise awareness and funds through his friend’s charity, producer Thomas Tull’s “Operation 42” – a cause with added significance because it simultaneously paid tribute to the baseball legend Boseman brought to life in 2013’s movie 42.

But Boseman’s activism didn’t stop there.

In the weeks before his death, Boseman harnessed his A-list status to bring the Black Lives Matter movement to Hollywood. He used his social media platforms to promote BLD PWR a nonprofit for, quote, “harnessing the power of narrative activism”.

On June 19th, 2020, also known as Juneteenth, Boseman harnessed his celebrity status again, calling on everyone to, quote, “support Black owned businesses. Reach back and mentor.” He suggested organizations to support, and even though the star likely knew his future was uncertain, his social media messages promoted hope, saying,

“155 years later, let’s all try to learn from our past so we can create a better future together. Not just today. Everyday.⁣”. Keep watching the video to see Chadwick Boseman’s final social media posts before passing away.

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The Social Dilemma | Official Trailer | Netflix

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We tweet, we like, and we share— but what are the consequences of our growing dependence on social media? As digital platforms increasingly become a lifeline to stay connected, Silicon Valley insiders reveal how social media is reprogramming civilization by exposing what’s hiding on the other side of your screen.

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ABOUT THE SOCIAL DILEMMA

The world has long recognized the positive applications of social media, from its role in empowering protesters to speak out against oppression during the Arab Spring uprisings almost a decade ago, to serving an instrumental role in fighting for equity and justice today. And in 2020, during an astonishing global pandemic, social media has become our lifeline to stay in touch with loved ones, as well as proving to be an asset for mobilizing civil rights protests. However, the system that connects us also invisibly controls us. The collective lack of understanding about how these platforms actually operate has led to hidden and often harmful consequences to society—consequences that are becoming more and more evident over time, and consequences that, the subjects in The Social Dilemma suggest, are an existential threat to humanity.

The Social Dilemma is a powerful exploration of the disproportionate impact that a relatively small number of engineers in Silicon Valley have over the way we think, act, and live our lives. The film deftly tackles an underlying cause of our viral conspiracy theories, teenage mental health issues, rampant misinformation and political polarization, and makes these issues visceral, understandable, and urgent. Through a unique combination of documentary investigation and entertaining narrative drama, award-winning filmmakers Jeff Orlowski (Chasing Ice, Chasing Coral) and Larissa Rhodes (Chasing Coral) have once again exposed the invisible in a manner that is both enlightening and harrowing as they disrupt the disrupters by unveiling the hidden machinations behind everyone’s favorite social media and search platforms.

The film features compelling interviews with high-profile tech whistleblowers and innovation leaders including Tristan Harris of the Center for Humane Technology; the co-inventor of the Facebook “Like” button, Justin Rosenstein; Tim Kendall, former President of Pinterest and former Director of Monetization at Facebook; Cathy O’Neil, author of Weapons of Math Destruction; Rashida Richardson, Director of Policy at the AI Now Institute, and many others. Demonstrating how social media affects consumers on a personal level, these fascinating insider insights are seamlessly woven into a captivating narrative, including Vincent Kartheiser (Mad Men), that illuminates the very real consequences these seemingly innocent technologies can have on our everyday lives.

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The Social Dilemma | Official Trailer | Netflix
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