'Black Panther II' Won't Move Production From Georgia Over Voting Law

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Director Ryan Coogler decided not to move production when he realized, after speaking to local voting rights activists, that pulling his business would likely only hurt the very same people who will be most hurt by the new law

. "For those reasons, I will not be engaging in a boycott of Georgia," Coogler writes."Our film is staying in Georgia."

Instead, he plans to use his influence to support organizations in the state that are working the hardest to fight voter suppression, making a donation to Stacey Abrams' Fair Fight Action. "I have made a personal commitment to raise awareness about ways to help overturn this harmful bill, and continue to get educated on this matter from people on the ground," he continues.

Earlier this week, Antoine Fuqua and Will Smith made a different decision, opting to relocate their upcoming slave dramadue to the voter law."We cannot in good conscience provide economic support to a government that enacts regressive voting laws that are designed to restrict voter access," said Smith and Fuqua."The new Georgia voting laws are reminiscent of voting impediments that were passed at the end of Reconstruction to prevent many Americans from voting.

A handful of Hollywood's top studios and guilds have denounced the law in statements but none are known to have pulled business from the state. Tyler Perry, who runs a studio out of Atlanta, criticized the bill shortly after it was passed but stopped short of recommending a boycott."I’m resting my hope in the DOJ taking a hard look at this unconstitutional voter suppression law that harkens to the Jim Crow era," he said.

 

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Disney films in Georgia because they don’t want to pay fair wages to their own workers in Hollywood. There’s nothing noble about runaway productions.

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