Sofia Coppola has had a successful career as a director and writer of films like gothic horror The Beguiled and the biopic Priscilla, winning Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival for the former.

Marlon Brando declined his 1973 “Godfather” Oscar to protest Hollywood’s portrayal of Native Americans. Stars have since used shows to stow, snow or blow about politics.

In 1965, the photographer Steve Schapiro (1934-2022), famous for documenting the civil rights mouvement in the 1960s and film stills of classic movies such as The Godfather (1972) and Taxi Driver ...