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Citizen Penn Review: Sean Penn the Activist, in a Portrait Made for Believers and Scoffers Citizen Penn Review: Sean Penn the Activist, in a Portrait Made for Believers and Scoffers
The actor s backbreaking mission to help the people of Haiti is at the center of a documentary that convinces you of Penn s humanitarian devotion without necessarily exploring it.
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Director: Don Hardy
With: Sean Penn, Anderson Cooper, Ann Lee, Cécile Accilien, Captain Barry Frishman, Dr. Raul Ruiz, Dr. Justine Crowley, Faine Lartigue, Dr. Jean-Marc Dagout, Tommy Prato, Edner Nonez, Alastair Lamb, Dr. Dominique Valentin, Laurent Lamothe, Avery Herrell, Amani Phillips.
Citizen Penn this May.
The film (pictured) chronicles the moment actor Sean Penn and a team of volunteers landed in Haiti just days after the devastating 7.0 earthquake struck the country in 2010, and the 10 years since.
Penn later went on to create an organization called J/P HRO (now Core), which has expanded its efforts across the U.S. for the past few years, most recently organizing free COVID-19 testing sites.
Originally set to premiere at last year’s Tribeca Film Festival, the film won the audience choice award at the Heartland Film Festival and played AFI Fest, Raindance and the Vancouver International Film Festival.
Sean Penn s documentary Citizen Penn to launch on Discovery Plus Citizen Penn features original score by Linda Perry, with an original song Eden: To Find Love , written by Perry and Bono, and performed by Bono.
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LOS ANGELES: Discovery Plus has acquired Hollywood star Sean Penn s upcoming documentary Citizen Penn .
The documentary follows the actor and his team of volunteers helping Haitians in the wake of the devastating 2010 earthquake.
Written and directed by Don Hardy, the film will premiere on the streaming service on May 6, Discovery Plus said in a statement. Citizen Penn chronicles the moment Penn and his team of volunteers landed in Haiti, just days after the earthquake struck, and the ten years since.