My company ticks all the boxes to be approved so I applied six weeks ago.
And I wait… And I wait… And I wait.
I am an avid supporter of the Screen Actors Guild and what that union is striking for.
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I admire and respect the fierce advocacy SAG provides for its members.
My question to SAG: is that respect reciprocal?
I am not a member of the union or an affiliate of the organizations that they are striking against.
Which I have done.
My film was completed before the strike and is being distributed by a non-AMPTP-affiliated distributor.
As an example, the IRS does not evaluate my tax return before I submit it.
I am an independent filmmaker.
I am also a professional businessperson.
I have a fiduciary responsibility to my investors to do everything I can to recoup their investment.
What are my options?
Do I hold the premiere and if my actors dont show up, cite the talent for breach?
Sue them for damages?
My actors signed and were compensated for a SAG-sanctioned agreement that includes publicity.
Their union is saying that without the interim agreement they cannot show up to promote their film.
So, what do I do?
As a businessperson the answer is straightforward.
As a creative, the choice is much more complicated.
Sometimes, the producer is not the bad guy.
