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How the U.K. Film and TV Industry Could Get Closer to Hair and Makeup Equality Through Upcoming Equity-Pact Contract Negotiations
With Equity-Pact negotiations approaching in the U.K., a group of actors are pushing for hair and makeup equality to be written into new contracts.
In the coming months, British actors’ union Equity and producer trade body Pact are expected to kick off negotiations to thrash out new contracts that will cover the vast majority of U.K. TV and indie film. In late 2023, Ann Ogbomo (“Justice League,” “The Sandman”) and Cherrelle Skeete (“Hanna,” “Danny and the Human Zoo”) — both of whom appeared in the doc — set up HMU Equality Now, a network aimed at helping “improve the landscape of hair and makeup in British TV and Film.” It’s also been pushing for it to be written in the contracts now up for negotiation. And it’s something that her and Skeete claim has been welcomed by the key stakeholders they’ve been speaking to — including production companies, producers, commissioners, hair and makeup artists, designers, heads of department and training providers — many of whom put forward guidance of their own.
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