Ben Montemayor

Film Director & Photographer

[Karim Sadjadpour @ksadjadpour]

1. The single best way to understand Iran's uprising is not any book or essay, but Shervin Hajipour's 2m anthem "Baraye" which garnered over 40m views in 48h (before he was imprisoned). Its profundity requires multiple views. (Translation by @BBCArdalan)

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@KeithRWagner Woooof

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I just joined @reimagine_la in sending an email to the L.A. County Board of Supervisors demanding they invest the funding from vacated public service positions into services. Will you join me? #ReimagineLA

https://t.co/U0Us1EwjQV via @reimagine_la

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@akatsinas And simultaneously also making your dad cry

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@akatsinas !!!!!

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@CineBill @KeithRWagner

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@emskizz @mattbooshell LOL... my mind was just blown. Also now I want his voice

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@KeithRWagner Make sure not to crush that Corgo’s blacks in post!!

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@KeithRWagner Each benncoin worth at least an oz of personally digested Tabasco sauce.

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@kyleoman That passive aggressive finder smiley 😐

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

On a day for the history books, @TheAmandaGorman delivered a poem that more than met the moment. Young people like her are proof that "there is always light, if only we're brave enough to see it; if only we're brave enough to be it."

[Ben Montemayor @BMontey]

@akatsinas This exact line of thought has been on repeat in my mind. I am both livid and speechless.

[June Diane Raphael @MsJuneDiane]

This is the text I just received after asking my best friend ( pulmonary and critical care doctor) how she was doing. #WearAMask #SocialDistance

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

There is no form of protest against racism that is acceptable to racists.

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@akatsinas now that’s self care

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How often do you forget you have your AirPods in?

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@fortesalatifi Can confirm.

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@fortesalatifi This is true.

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

Our civil liberties are on brink.

This is not a drill. There is no excuse for snatching women off the street and throwing them into unmarked vans.

To not protect our rights is to give them away. It is our responsibility to resist authoritarianism.