Major companies like Netflix and AMC, which film popular television shows in Georgia, were among companies threatening a boycott during the days and weeks of outrage over pro-life laws. Now that the furor has died down, those shows are staying put.
Writer, Director, and Executive Producer, Ladon Whitmire is a native Atlantan. She is known for A Night in Jail with Michael Madison (Sundance 2017), South of Hope Street with Judd Nelson and Michael Madsen (2020), Breathe (2018), and now Waste (2019).
“I came here with nothing, lived off Sylvan Road, ended up homeless and starving, but I was always praying and believing. I was always keeping the faith, knowing that if I worked hard, did my absolute best, kept my integrity, honored every blessing, and remained grateful through it all that everything would work out.”
The RIFF Student Film Contest is divided into four categories – 3rd-5th grade, 6th-8th grade, high school and college. Categories may be subject to change depending on the amount of entries received in each category.
She’ll make a total of five stops, beginning in Georgia and ending in Tennessee, the same route she’d drive countless times trying to make it big in Nashville.
The ESL Pro Tour will feature an aggregate prize pool of more than $5 million (USD) for 2020 from competitions across five continents — making it, perhaps, the world’s largest and most lucrative circuit in Counter-Strike’s 20-year history.
“The number-one question we always ask is, did we place our students in a job in their field of training, or as close as possible to their field of training? Part of our success has been not letting that mission creep come in and trying to be all things to all people.” President Kathy S. Love
The digital version of the magazine offers an interactive experience, with featured stories about the 2019 Commercials Contracts, the union’s newest agreement with Netflix and more. Also, get details on the resolution of the strike against BBH, this year’s national convention and the latest updates on events throughout the country.
That math, according to Affleck, included Georgia’s tax incentives. Films and TV productions can apply for a 30% rebate on expenses. Those incentives have helped turn Georgia into a film powerhouse. The Marvel movies, Stranger Things, and The Walking Deadall shoot there.
In “Giants,” she worked as an extra. In the follow-up, “Fireproof,” she was a production assistant, a grip for “Courageous” and for “War Room” an assistant director. Shortly after graduating from the University of Georgia in 2012 with a film degree, she moved to Nashville.