Obama calls for fair wages for Hollywood screenwriters

“As someone who really supports the union and as someone who believes in storytelling and their craft, I hope they are compensated and the importance of what they do is reflected in whatever agreement is reached,” he said. virtual chat in which he presented his series “Working: What We Do All Day”.

Since May 2 last year, the screenwriters have been putting the industry of Hollywood by going on strike to demand that the Alliance of Film and Television Producers (AMPTP) among other things, better working conditions, fair payment of residuals from their projects, regulation of artificial intelligence.

Obama assured that he “understood” the pressures that big studios and studios brought stream they felt sorry for their shareholders because of “excess productions”, but emphasized that such companies “would not exist” without the presence of “writers who create stories that matter”.

“My hope is that in a time of great technological change, where there are big mega-corporations that are doing very well, they take into account the creatives who make the product that consumers value and that are export to all over the world‘, he pointed out.

Source: El heraldo

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