2025 Atlanta Film Festival

Empowering Indie Voices: Strengthening the Community by Partnering with SAG-AFTRA

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In today’s climate, it’s been challenging for our community to gauge long-term sustainability. However, now more than ever, we need to continue creating. Join industry experts as they discuss how partnering with SAG-AFTRA can significantly boost your chances of success, while strengthening our community through professionalism, elevated marketability, and comprehensive resources.


Moderator: Actress, Director, and Producer CarrieAnne Hunt

Carrie Anne Hunt is an actress, director, producer, and writer based in Atlanta. She has been a proud member of SAG-AFTRA for nearly 15 years and has enjoyed watching the local film community continue to grow and evolve. Recent notable credits include: Manhunt (Apple+), Yule Log 2 (Adult Swim), and one she can't talk about just yet.


Panelists:


Alison D. Wise is the Executive Director of the Atlanta Local of SAG-AFTRA. She has worked for the union for 30 years. She loves advocating for performers’ rights and working closely with performers, producers, agents, and other labor unions. Before working for the union she worked in TV production at Paramount Pictures.


Jess W. Speaker, III is the Sr. Business Representative in the Atlanta Local of SAG-AFTRA. He has been working for the Atlanta Local for 5 years and worked in the Washington-Mid Atlantic local for 6 years prior to that.


Michael Mau is an Atlanta-based actor (SAG-AFTRA), writer (WGA East), and visual artist. He is best known for playing the emotionally scarred antagonist Arthur in the horror thriller Sugarcane. Fiction podcast fans know Mau as Agent Blayne in the hit sci fi podcasts Derelict and Fathom. Through his independent production company MauHaus Productions, Mau created the scripted anthology podcast A Blind Play.


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