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Senate Bill 1002 moving through the NC legislature could be a GAME CHANGER for indie producers in North Carolina.

The micro-budget provision in this Senate version is exactly the kind of thing many of us have needed for years — a way to support smaller, legitimate NC-based productions that want to create the work right here, with North Carolina actors, crew, vendors, contractors, editors, and production companies.

For productions under $1 million, we do not need to bring everybody in from somewhere else. North Carolina already has the talent. We already have the crews. We already have the producers. We already have the locations. What we need is a structure that helps more of that work happen here and keeps more of the revenue here.

I’ve been advocating for this kind of micro-budget opportunity for a long time. This is where real growth can happen — idea to script, script to production, production to post, and then out to distribution.

I posted a longer write-up through Carolina Arts and MediaPros, Inc. about why SB 1002 matters so much. If you are an NC actor, crew member, producer, editor, vendor, or film-friendly business, please read it and contact your state representatives and senators.

Ask them to support Senate Bill 1002 and protect the micro-budget component as the bill moves through the legislative process.

This could open the door for more homegrown NC productions — and that is good for all of us.

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