Patrisse Cullors - Hollywood Report "Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Calls for One-Day Hollywood Strike Over Jacob Blake"

Hollywood Reporter | August 27, 2020

“TV writer Patrisse Cullors says that talent and executives in the entertainment industry should join with sports teams: ‘I think Hollywood can really show up in this moment.’

Following Tuesday night’s historic sports strike — which started with the Milwaukee Bucks boycotting their playoff game in solidarity with police shooting victim Jacob Blake — Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors is making a call for similar action in Hollywood.

‘I think it's time for talent, writers, executives, the guild and SAG to show up for Black lives as well,’ Cullors, a writer on Freeform’s Good Trouble, tells The Hollywood Reporter. ‘Join this strike. Now is the time and our movement is really looking to unions to step in in a particular way and say “We're going to hold back on allowing for the exploitation and the degradation of Black communities to continue under our watch.” I think Hollywood can really show up in this moment. While I understand not everyone can take the same risks, there is power and opportunity in developing a strategy and plan that centers the dignity of Black communities. That may mean a one-day strike or it may mean a day of educating Hollywood on what’s been happening to Black folks. Now is an opportunity for all of us to be bold and courageous.’”

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