How Strikes Reflect Longstanding Battles for Control in Hollywood
Some films seemed to nod at the Hollywood factory on a representational level, including Charlie Chaplin’s “Modern Times” (1936). In it, his Little Tramp works in a factory that’s a…
Impact of Hollywood Strikes on Jobs Goes Beyond the Strikers
One reason the August employment report wasn’t stronger: Television and movie production has largely halted since a deadlock in contract negotiations between major studios and unions that represent screenwriters and…