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‘Sing Sing’ Filmmakers Clint Bentley And Greg Kwedar Want To Share Their Equal Pay And Equity Plan With You
‘Sing Sing’ directors Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar reflect on equal pay structure that could revolutionize Hollywood financing.
What if there was a way to cut filmmaking costs, while empowering every member of your cast and crew with the promise of equality, transparency, vested interest and potential pay on the backend? So, everybody who qualifies, who works a minimum amount, is party to the backend equity of the film on the creative side.” If the movie was just a modest success or only got a small minimum guarantee from a distributor, we would still have something to share with the cast and crew for that sweat equity.” The trade-off to the investors, Kwedar adds is, “Well, you didn’t have to put up as much money as you normally would to pay for this film, and so this is what we need to do to reward the artists involved.”
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