Editing Jonathan Demme (section)

==Political activism==
Demme was involved in various political projects. In 1981, he directed a series of commercials for the liberal advocacy group [[People for the American Way]]. The [[Television advertisement|spots]], titled "Eggs",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhZ4TKq2s_w|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818014630/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhZ4TKq2s_w|archive-date=August 18, 2017|title=Goldie Hawn et. al. on Eggs and the American Way|last=PFAWdotorg|date=July 25, 2008|publisher=youtube.com|access-date=April 26, 2017|via=YouTube|url-status=live}}</ref> "Music",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueSn-W5B1tw|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105003621/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueSn-W5B1tw|archive-date=January 5, 2017|title=Muhammad Ali, Goldie Hawn, etc. on Music and the American Way|last=PFAWdotorg|date=July 25, 2008|publisher=youtube.com|access-date=April 26, 2017|via=YouTube|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3ESiNTHGuU|title=Carol Burnett, Ned Beatty, etc. on Music and the American Wa|last=PFAWdotorg|date=July 25, 2008|via=YouTube|access-date=April 26, 2017|archive-date=August 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817212043/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3ESiNTHGuU|url-status=live}}</ref> and "Sports",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b34tNYqe-RY|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105003626/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b34tNYqe-RY|archive-date=January 5, 2017|title=Muhammad Ali et. al. on Sports and the American Way|last=PFAWdotorg|date=July 25, 2008|publisher=youtube.com|access-date=April 26, 2017|via=YouTube|url-status=live}}</ref> were produced by [[Norman Lear]] and featured [[Muhammad Ali]], [[Carol Burnett]], and [[Goldie Hawn]] celebrating [[Freedom of speech in the United States|Freedom of Expression]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3ESiNTHGuU|title=Carol Burnett, Ned Beatty, etc. on Music and the American Wa|last=PFAWdotorg|date=July 25, 2008|publisher=youtube.com|access-date=April 26, 2017|via=YouTube|archive-date=August 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817212043/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3ESiNTHGuU|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1985, he directed a video for [[Artists United Against Apartheid]]. The short, featured various international musicians including [[Afrika Bambaataa]], [[Rubén Blades]], [[Jimmy Cliff]], [[Herbie Hancock]], [[Steven Van Zandt|Little Steven]], [[Run–D.M.C.]], and [[Bruce Springsteen]], calling for a boycott of the South African luxury resort [[Sun City, North West|Sun City]] during [[Apartheid]]. His documentary ''Haiti Dreams of Democracy'' (1988) captured Haiti's era of democratic rebuilding after dictatorship, while his documentary ''[[The Agronomist]]'' (2008) profiled Haitian journalist and human rights activist [[Jean Dominique]]. Demme spent six years on the documentary ''I'm Carolyn Parker'' (2011), which highlighted rebuilding efforts in [[New Orleans]] [[Lower Ninth Ward]] after [[Hurricane Katrina]].