SC35 - Sidecast: On the SAG-AFTRA Picket Line

Scriptnotes Podcast

John August

Screenwriter, Tv & Film, Writing, John, Screenwriting, August, Craig, Screenplay, Mazin

4.8 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Recorded live from Paramount and Amazon Studios, John and Drew talk with actors and writers marching in support of SAG-AFTRA as they re-enter negotiations with the AMPTP.

Thanks to everyone who talked with us!

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SAG-AFTRA on Strike!
WGA Solidarity with SAG-AFTRA
WGA Contract Ratification – Vote Here
WGA Contract 2023 Tentative Agreement
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0:00.0	Can you tell me who you are and where we are?
0:05.6	I'm Molly and his mom and we are at Paramount where it seems I live now.
0:10.7	So we are here on Monday morning.
0:12.8	Why are we here?
0:13.9	We're here at Cassack still on strike man and they are heading into negotiations finally
0:17.8	today.
0:18.8	I think it's day 70 or 71 for them and it meant so much to us that they were here with
0:23.2	us from our day one and I want to be here for them until they get their deal.
0:27.2	So you were famously the Paramount captain who was wearing a captain's hat.
0:31.4	Now you have even more responsibilities.
0:32.8	Yeah I traded my captain's hat for a seat on the WGA board.
0:35.6	I guess I could bring the hat with me but I think it needs a Viking funeral at this
0:39.1	point.
0:40.1	But yeah early on the strike I was nominated to run for the board which felt really
0:43.0	nice a feather in the captain's hat if you will and then ran and insanely won.
0:48.7	It's a joy to serve writers I love writers and so to continue to grow in that community
0:54.0	oriented role feels really nice.
0:56.0	My name is John Sherman.
0:57.0	I'm Rachel Lewis and we're at Amazon.
0:59.5	We're also WGA captains where we're captains of this lot and so we're back to our home
1:03.8	base to support.
1:05.0	It feels different but it feels good.
	...

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