Jane Fonda’s powerful speech

Jane Fonda urged people to "be brave" and "stay in community" when she was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement award.

The 87-year-old actress called for people to come together and "call on our empathy" as she picked up her prize.

In her speech, she said: "Have any of you ever watched a documentary about one of the great movements, like apartheid or civil rights or Stonewall and asked yourself, would you have been brave enough to walk the bridge? Would you have been brave enough to take the hoses and batons and the dogs?

"We don't have to wonder any more because we are in our documentary moment, this is it. And it's not a rehearsal. This is it, and we mustn't for a moment kid ourselves about what is happening.

"This is big time serious folks, so let's be brave. We must not isolate, we must stay in community, we must help the vulnerable and find ways to project an inspiring vision of the future. One that is beckoning and welcoming. That will help people believe that on the other side there will still be love, there will still be beauty. And there will be an ocean of truth for us to swim in. Lets make it so."