Two Women Activists Urge Businesses to Connect With Community
26 Aug 2020
Dolores Huerta and Angélique Kidjo have close to a century of experience between them raising their voices to demand human rights.
BLM Co-Founder Calls for 1-Day Strike Over Jacob Blake
25 Aug 2020
Following Tuesday night’s historic sports strike — which started with the Milwaukee Bucks boycotting their playoff game in solidarity with police shooting victim Jacob Blake — Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors is making a call for similar action in Hollywood.
Navigating to the Next Normal
21 Aug 2020
David Bowie’s classic song, “Space Oddity,” reportedly inspired by Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, related the experiences of Major Tom, a fictional space traveler, who found hims
7 Movies that Prove the Power of Good Cinematography
19 Aug 2020
One of the first things you learn about how movies are put together is that everything is on screen for a reason. Even if a cat wandered into the background, it’s there because someone decided to keep it. Usually it’s there because of a cinematographer.
Louisiana's Film Industry Slowly Picking up After COVID-19
19 Aug 2020
BATON ROUGE - A few production crews are starting to roll again after the COVID-19 pandemic put a screeching halt to Louisiana’s film industry.
Entertainment Industry Urge Trump to Revise CARES Act
18 Aug 2020
SAG-AFTRA, The Recording Academy and 10 additional entertainment industry organizations on Tuesday sent a letter to President Trump asking for his administration’s help to reform the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program in regards to mixed earner workers, saying that the situation is having "tragic" consequences.
10 Questions with Jessica Lopez
14 Aug 2020
Central region Camera Operator Jessica Lopez, SOC (Greenleaf, The Baxters, The Rookie, Transparent) was on a Netflix feature in Mexico City when the shut-down came, and she had to quickly
How Media, Hollywood Are Addressing Systemic Racism
13 Aug 2020
The murders of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and countless others at the hands of U.S. police have sparked a wave of protests around the world, forcing corporations to take a stand against racial injustice and evaluate how – and to what degree – they perpetuate systemic racism.
Hollywood’s Entertainment Unions Have a Whiteness Problem
13 Aug 2020
It took April Chaney nine years working as a makeup artist before her union would accept her.
Despite Pandemic, Union’s Scholarship Winners Embrace Challenge
11 Aug 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown higher education into a state of disarray, but the 20 men and women who will be receiving Local 600 scholarships for the 2020-2021 year are poised to meet the chall
IA Local 80 Issues Protocols For Safe Return To Work
10 Aug 2020
Film and television production “is finally getting ready to start back up,” IATSE Grips Local 80 business manager Thom Davis said in his latest update on the industry’s efforts for a safe return to work.
The Future of Cinematography
08 Aug 2020
The motion picture industry has more than its share of skeptics and critics. Twenty years ago, when pictures were on the verge of talking, they protested, "We've gone as far as we can go."