SXSW Winner ‘Not Going Quietly’ Celebrates Activist and ALS Survivor Ady Barkan at Premiere

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SXSW Winner ‘Not Going Quietly’ Celebrates Activist and ALS Survivor Ady Barkan at Premiere
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Directed by Nicholas Bruckman, 'Not Going Quietly' was an official selection of the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival.

Despite fighting a terminal illness, it was his passion for a cause greater than himself that brought Barkan onto the podcast that day, and it’s that continued perseverance that keeps his work going today. Even so, Barkan — a progressive political activist with ALS — joked to a rooftop filled with his closest friends and supporters that he was really in it for the “celebrity and accolades.”

“This social justice mumbo jumbo is just a means to an end,” Barkan’s now-computerized voice rang out.

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