The movie business as a working union actor

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SAG-AFTRA is still striking against the AMPTP (Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers – movie studios, big streaming corporations, etc.) even as the writer’s union has reached its own agreement with the studios this week. In this episode, Mackenzie Joy-Brennan talked to SAG member Marie Cecile Anderson — an actor, comedian, and musician based in Nashville — about the strike decision, the demands union members are asking for, and what life is like as a working union actor, even while on strike.

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  • Mackenzie is a lawyer. She recently realized what many have known for a while: that law practice can be a dry & slow slog towards progress. After working in the NY judiciary, she’s thus come to Cronkite (and her home state of AZ) to...

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