SAG-AFTRA strike against the Hollywood studios has made history as the second-longest ever. And actors on the picket lines say they won’t back down.
, demanding a better contract and asking the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers for protections against artificial intelligence as well as an increase in residual payments.
“We felt a sense of momentum that we thought was going to take us right through to our completion of our negotiations, so last Wednesday night when SAG-AFTRA sent us an email saying that talks have broken down and that the AMPTP has walked away from negotiations, that was extremely disappointing,” Yamashita maintains. “I was crestfallen, to be honest with you, because I was truly hoping for an end to the strike and for all of us to be able to get back to work.
For strike captain Eli Henry, the AMPTP’s response to the Screen Actors Guild last week is reflective of the same strategy they used with the writers. Despite what he calls a “demoralizing” strategy on behalf of the studios, Henry is confident the actors will follow in the same footsteps as the writers and come out of the strike with a fair contract they’re happy with.shows will increase. While streaming has allowed for a surplus of jobs and opportunities, it’s also fostered an oversaturation of content from entertainment companies that are making so many TV shows and films that they’re not paying people enough to work on them.
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