Robert Redford , who died today at the age of 89, created a body of work that often intersected his passion for activism with storytelling and filmmaking. Jane Fonda , who co-starred alongside Redford in several films including the 1967 comedy Barefoot in the Park , shared a moving tribute to the actor and celebrated how he championed American films made outside the Hollywood studio system.

Addressed to “Bob Redford,” Fonda shared a still from their last film together, 2017’s Our Souls at Night , and wrote, “Bob made a real difference in all good ways. He represented an America we must now fight to protect.” In a nod toward his founding of the Sundance Institute and film festival, which opened doors for emerging filmmakers seeking to tell often overlooked stories, Fonda said, “

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