A Toronto production assistant whose income dried up because of Hollywood strikes lost his housing and ended up living in his car. A New York set dresser slipped out of sobriety amid the stress. A New Mexico assistant director fell into deep depression and took his life.
  • @mycatiskai
    18•8 months ago

    They were strike funds put aside to help film crews get through the strikes.

  • ScrubblesEnglish
    16•8 months ago

    A lot of anti-union hints in that story, only talk about how actors “got a lot of publicity” - like it’s their fault.

    How about instead we highlight how studios repeatedly walked away from the table, pushed anti-union propaganda, kept giving “final offers”, and let’s not forget literally said “we’ll wait for them to start losing their houses”.

    yeah, I’m gonna go ahead and blame the CEOs and people in charge of the studios for the crew’s suffering there.