How three billboards became the new global protest method
Film’s plot device has been emulated by activists for causes ranging from Grenfell Tower to gun control
by Nadia Khomami
Mar 11, 2018
3 minutes
The three-line format works as well for the modern activist as it did for the Italian poet Dante Alighieri in the 14th century.
71 dead
And still no arrests?
How come?
Three billboards bearing these words, in reference to the people who lost their lives in the Grenfell Tower fire, were attached to lorries and driven around London, including past the Houses of Parliament, before being parked outside the Grenfell complex.
The protest was inspired by the award-winning film , which
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