The artists union SAG-AFTRA is preparing to offer union membership to privacy coordinators.
The union, which represents actors, television journalists, stuntmen and dancers, among others, passed a resolution at a virtual national council meeting on Saturday to “create a path to SAG-AFTRA membership for coordinators of intimate relationships.” the day. . Few additional details, including a timeline for when privacy coordinators could join the union and what the eligibility requirements would be for workers in those roles, were not immediately available on Monday.
“The role of intimacy coordinators greatly enhances safety and well-being on set and in productions that require intimate scenes,” SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher said in a statement. “Their value is immeasurable, and the National Council is committed to bringing privacy coordinators into the SAG-AFTRA family and ensuring they have the same benefits and protections that other members already enjoy.”
SAG-AFTRA has been working for several years to define and regulate the role of the Privacy Coordinator. After the position spread to film and television in the wake of the #MeToo movement, the union shared qualifications and protocols for those who held the position, accrediting seven programs dedicated to training new workers who can fill and create the position. Registration and pre-registration of “qualified and experienced” intimacy coordinators for producers.
Intimacy Coordinators choreograph scenes that contain nudity and/or intimate content and facilitate dialogue between performers and key creatives about the production of these scenes. In 2018, HBO became the first network to require intimacy coordinators for all scenes involving intimacy, and other platforms (such as Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu) have adopted the mandate.
SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director Duncan Crabtree-Ireland said of offering SAG-AFTRA members to the cast: “The Intimacy Coordinators, many of whom are already SAG-AFTRA members, have become an essential resource. for the cast and crew. . This decision reinforces our mission to make safety the standard and priority and welcomes other talented and dedicated workers to join us.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
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