The Brady organization against gun violence is calling on Hollywood writers, directors and producers to examine onscreen gun violence and depictions of gun safety, asking the creative community to sign a pledge that’s already garnered more than 200 signatures of such names as Judd Apatow, Shonda Rhimes, Damon Lindelof and Jimmy Kimmel and the writers of Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The pledge, while noting that the “responsibility lies with lax gun laws supported by those politicians more afraid of losing power than saving lives,” acknowledges that “America’s storytellers” have the power to “effect change.”
“Cultural attitudes toward smoking, drunk driving, seatbelts and marriage equality have all evolved due in large part to movies’ and TV’s influence. It’s time to take on gun safety,” the Brady pledge states, and goes on to ask writers, directors and producers to, whenever possible, to:
Use creativity “to model responsible gun ownership and...
The pledge, while noting that the “responsibility lies with lax gun laws supported by those politicians more afraid of losing power than saving lives,” acknowledges that “America’s storytellers” have the power to “effect change.”
“Cultural attitudes toward smoking, drunk driving, seatbelts and marriage equality have all evolved due in large part to movies’ and TV’s influence. It’s time to take on gun safety,” the Brady pledge states, and goes on to ask writers, directors and producers to, whenever possible, to:
Use creativity “to model responsible gun ownership and...
- 6/13/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Paris -- U.S. screenwriters John Brian King, Cynthia Riddle, Rusty Lemorande and Danielle Wolff will put on their best French accents on Thursday when they head to Royaumont Abbey for a six-week residency program hosted by the Ile de France Film Commission and the Sacem's Franco-American Cultural Fund.
Founded in 2006, the annual "Autumn Stories" program hosts four U.S. scribes from the Writers Guild of America while they complete a France-based feature film project. The writers, selected by the WGA, will work on their scripts, meet other French industry professionals, scout locations and enjoy lunches and dinners in Royaumont and in nearby Paris.
King's "Hotel Stendhal" follows two American girls in Paris for vacation whose lives are changed forever, Lemorande's "The Magic Man" follows a magician from the U.S. to France during the age of illusionist Eugene-Robert Houdin, Riddle's "Curtains" focuses on the friendship and rivalry between Sarah Bernhardt...
Founded in 2006, the annual "Autumn Stories" program hosts four U.S. scribes from the Writers Guild of America while they complete a France-based feature film project. The writers, selected by the WGA, will work on their scripts, meet other French industry professionals, scout locations and enjoy lunches and dinners in Royaumont and in nearby Paris.
King's "Hotel Stendhal" follows two American girls in Paris for vacation whose lives are changed forever, Lemorande's "The Magic Man" follows a magician from the U.S. to France during the age of illusionist Eugene-Robert Houdin, Riddle's "Curtains" focuses on the friendship and rivalry between Sarah Bernhardt...
- 9/28/2010
- by By Rebecca Leffler
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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