Hot Labor Summer and Why It's OK to Ask for Help
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Hot Labor Summer and Why It's OK to Ask for Help
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In this very special episode of Mahoganies, Dr. Robin J. Hayes dives into Hot Labor Summer. For the first time in over six decades, Hollywood actors in the SAG-AFTRA union and screenwriters in the Writers Guild of America have joined the picket line simultaneously. By going on strike, they're squaring off against major film studios over living wages, the use of their likenesses in generative AI (artificial intelligence), and reasonable residuals for their work on streaming services. Dr. Hayes offers two critical takeaways from this historic labor action. She also discusses the impact that the unregulated use of AI could have on the representation of Mahoganies, or Black women characters, in film.
FILMS FEATURING MAHOGANIES MENTIONED
- Barbie
- The Little Mermaid
- M3gan (written by African American woman Akela Cooper)
- Wakanda Forever
- The Woman King (directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood)
For information about resources available to strike-affected entertainment industry workers:
- https://womeninfilm.org/updates/resources-for-strike-affected-workers/
- Women in Film Help Line 1-855-WIF-LINE (open Thursdays 9:30a - 4:30p PT)