Exclusive: Candidates backed by Fran Drescher in local SAG-AFTRA elections are racking up impressive wins as early results from around the country continue to come in. Candidates that her Unite for Strength slate deem “Drescher-friendly” already have won in Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston-Austin, Miami, the Missouri Valley, Portland, San Francisco, the Twin Cities and elsewhere.
Members backed by the opposition MembershipFirst slate have won just a handful of races thus far.
Today, members of the union’s Michigan Local re-elected Erik Wydra as president, who Drescher endorsed in a campaign video in which she said: “You must, must, must vote for Eric Wydra for Michigan Local president. He’s been an incredible leader locally and nationally.” Wydra got 132 votes, defeating challenger Franco Pulice, who received 55 votes. Three of the four convention delegates Drescher endorsed also won there.
Only 11 of the union’s 25 locals have completed their elections so far, while...
Members backed by the opposition MembershipFirst slate have won just a handful of races thus far.
Today, members of the union’s Michigan Local re-elected Erik Wydra as president, who Drescher endorsed in a campaign video in which she said: “You must, must, must vote for Eric Wydra for Michigan Local president. He’s been an incredible leader locally and nationally.” Wydra got 132 votes, defeating challenger Franco Pulice, who received 55 votes. Three of the four convention delegates Drescher endorsed also won there.
Only 11 of the union’s 25 locals have completed their elections so far, while...
- 8/24/2021
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
Chicago – The filmmaker’s journey to premiere is different for all, but no one has seemed to symbolize it better than Logan Stone, the director and co-writer of the new release “Exodus.” The film will open in theaters and Apple TV+ streaming on March 19th, 2021.
“Exodus” involves Connor (Jimi Stanton), an enforcer in a small town, feeling the effects several years after The Rapture. His job is to make sure no one leaves town, but after questioning an escapee, he discovers a VHS tape that paints the image of “The Door,” rumored to be an entry to a Utopian Paradise. He also then escapes, to pursue this portal to salvation.
In this first clip, director Logan Stone expands upon the story of “Exodus,” accessed by Clicking Here … followed by the film’s trailer.
Filmmaker Logan Stone has a Chicago connection via his roots in St. Louis. After doing his undergrad at Southern Methodist University,...
“Exodus” involves Connor (Jimi Stanton), an enforcer in a small town, feeling the effects several years after The Rapture. His job is to make sure no one leaves town, but after questioning an escapee, he discovers a VHS tape that paints the image of “The Door,” rumored to be an entry to a Utopian Paradise. He also then escapes, to pursue this portal to salvation.
In this first clip, director Logan Stone expands upon the story of “Exodus,” accessed by Clicking Here … followed by the film’s trailer.
Filmmaker Logan Stone has a Chicago connection via his roots in St. Louis. After doing his undergrad at Southern Methodist University,...
- 3/13/2021
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
"Don't be afraid..." Gravitas Ventures has released an official trailer for Exodus, a peculiar new old school sci-fi adventure of sorts. When a VHS-tape proves the existence of a rumored doorway to paradise, a young man abandons his decaying hometown in pursuit of the door to salvation, evading vengeful pursuers along the way. The film is set in a "post-rapture world" and involves post-apocalyptic gangs running towns. This doesn't look as good as it should, but there's some interesting ideas in here. Exodus stars Jimi Stanton, Janelle Snow, Charles Andrew Gardner, Keith Jardine, James McKinney, Hannah Kloepfer, Zachary Gossett, Dan Gonón, Grace Barnes, and David Leonard. There isn't enough footage in this trailer to say if it's going to be any good, however the poster actually gets my attention more than anything. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Logan Stone's Exodus, direct from Gravitas' YouTube: In a post-rapture world,...
- 2/16/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The hotly contested SAG-AFTRA presidential election is in full swing, but the presidents of 16 of the union’s 25 locals spread out across the country already have been “declared elected without the necessity of a membership vote” because they were running unopposed.
Members of five locals – in Colorado, Dallas-Fort Worth, Portland, Seattle and the Twin Cities – didn’t cast a single ballot for any of their officers, board members or convention delegates because all were running unopposed. In Colorado, there was no presidential candidate on the ballot because no one submitted in a timely manner.
On the national level, there is plenty of competition in the races for president, secretary-treasurer and the national board of directors. But that’s not the case at many of the smaller locals, where more often than not, incumbents are returned to office without opposition.
Local presidents elected or reelected without the necessity of...
Members of five locals – in Colorado, Dallas-Fort Worth, Portland, Seattle and the Twin Cities – didn’t cast a single ballot for any of their officers, board members or convention delegates because all were running unopposed. In Colorado, there was no presidential candidate on the ballot because no one submitted in a timely manner.
On the national level, there is plenty of competition in the races for president, secretary-treasurer and the national board of directors. But that’s not the case at many of the smaller locals, where more often than not, incumbents are returned to office without opposition.
Local presidents elected or reelected without the necessity of...
- 8/7/2019
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
Chicago – As each generation transitions to adulthood, the overwhelming changes that occur in employment, relationships and loss become their drama. Director Gregory Dixon and writer McKenzie Chinn teamed up to create a film that addresses that drama, in the made-in-Chicago “Olympia.” The film is screening at the 54th Chicago International Film Festival on Monday, October 15th, 2018 (5:30pm). For details and tickets, click here.
’Olympia,’ Directed by Gregory Dixon
Photo credit: Chicago International Film Festival/Cow Lamp Films
Olympia Welles (Chinn) is a Chicago artist in adulthood transition. Her best friend is moving to New York City, her job situation is in flux and her boyfriend Felix (Charles Andrew Gardner) wants more from her. At the same time, her mother is suffering from cancer, and her worsening condition is her greatest concern. All these circumstances start to force decisions from Olympia, and not all of them are good.
In a...
’Olympia,’ Directed by Gregory Dixon
Photo credit: Chicago International Film Festival/Cow Lamp Films
Olympia Welles (Chinn) is a Chicago artist in adulthood transition. Her best friend is moving to New York City, her job situation is in flux and her boyfriend Felix (Charles Andrew Gardner) wants more from her. At the same time, her mother is suffering from cancer, and her worsening condition is her greatest concern. All these circumstances start to force decisions from Olympia, and not all of them are good.
In a...
- 10/15/2018
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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