Coming soon...
...Investigating worker cooperatives in every stage of the film industry experientially, taking a sci-fi screenplay by the host from funding to production to distribution/exhibition under worker cooperative structures.
...Clarifying the process with other professionals, for ourselves and anyone listening, on using the Limited Cooperative Association entity type for an individual production.
...Identifying needs for and community interest in a federated cooperative for filmmakers, to support other productions wanting to go worker-coop under their own self-determined LCA structures.
Phase 0 - Breakdown goals and the why's behind them, introduce screenplay
Phase 1 - Discuss worker cooperatives, the principles behind them, and formation details with active worker coops here in Oklahoma and elsewhere
Phase 2 - Take a look at historical examples as well as currently operating cooperatives working in the film and media space
Phase 3 - Host interviews with professionals from the production, investing, legal, accounting, granting, distributing, and exhibition spheres
Phase 4 - Discuss creative solutions to logistical and cultural challenges for running productions in this way
Phase 5 - Examine options each crew can identify for themselves regarding sweat equity, capital equity, financing, principal photography time management, and more
Phase 6 - Continually keep up with a rotating cast of local crew currently working on the ground in Oklahoma and beyond who take interest in this work
It’s our hope that creating a space for this dialogue builds structures that bolster and empower workers in our changing industry for years to come.
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