Will Congress Save Cinema? Hollywood’s Top Filmmakers Issue Stark Warning

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America’s most influential film directors sent America’s top lawmakers a fact-filled letter overflowing with powerful sentiment, urging Congress to use funds left over from the CARES Act to either bail out or at least temporarily save the country’s giant community of small to medium-sized theaters.

In a document signed by James Cameron, Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese and Clint Eastwood (among dozens of others), the case was clearly and powerfully made that in the absence of Congressional dollars, fully 69% of America’s theaters will shutter.

 

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomnunan/