Alberta film industry ready for action after SAG-AFTRA strike ends
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News of the end of the actors strike reached jubilant film and television workers in Alberta.
For the first time in six months, neither Hollywood’s actors, nor its writers, are on strike.
That follows the late Wednesday announcement that the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) arrived at an agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) and would halt its strike at midnight.
News of the end of the actors strike, added to the end of the Writers Guild of America strike in late September, resulted in jubilation for film and television workers in Alberta.
“We’re so excited,” Tracey Graham, a Calgary-based costume designer with IATSE Local 212, said Thursday.
Graham has worked on Calgary-area productions like 2021’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife and 2015’s The Revenant.
Graham said the past six months have been difficult for her and her fellow film workers, but called the job actions “necessary” given the negotiations were addressing next-gen entertainment technology like streaming, artificial intelligence and digital likenesses.
“I’m so glad that they waited it out to get the results that we needed,” she said.
One local actor who hasn’t received as many calls from his agent said the news of the tentative deal was welcomed in the filmmaking community.
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