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Debra Winger began a career in TV and film and on stage in the mid 70’s. Her work includes Terms of Endearment, Officer and a Gentleman, Urban Cowboy, Big Bad Love, The Sheltering Sky and most recently The Lovers and Patriot. Raising 3 sons, writing a book (“undiscovered”), teaching a fellowship for Dr. Robert Coles’ noted course “The Literature of Social Reflection” and producing several documentaries including the Academy Award nominated film Gasland, about the oil and gas industry in her home state, led her to take note of how her own industry has been changed by corporations; how this not only affected the way business was done and films were made and released, but the livelihood of artists as well. Her support for and involvement with American Promise has been unwavering since its inception.

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Her son, Noah Hutton, is a filmmaker who made the documentary "Crude Independence," about what happens to a small town with the boom-and-bust cycle of oil. contact

2014

We spoke with activist, acclaimed actress, and academy award nominee Debra Winger about why she supports a Constitutional Amendment to overturn Citizens United and get big money out of politics.

Debra Winger has been an active opponent with the Anti-Fracking movementin New York, and has been the executive co-producer on documentary films such as and Gasland 2, which focus on communities in the United States that have been affected by fracking. She has been a great supporter Free Speech For People since our inception in 2010.

As she says in the video, “I support overturning Citizens United because there is nothing in it that involves the Citizens.” She’s right. Click to watch the full interview below: