Stacey Abrams' Organization Tells Hollywood To 'Stay and Fight' in Georgia

Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street and building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the party is always right.

George Orwell, he/his/him

Stacey Abrams' organization Fair Fight has called on Hollywood to "stay and fight" in Georgia after restrictive voting laws passed in the state.

The specter of a Hollywood boycott is once again looming, with Will Smith's upcoming film Emancipation the first to pull its production from the state this week.

"We cannot in good conscience provide economic support to a government that enacts regressive voting laws that are designed to restrict voter access", Smith said in a statement along with director Antoine Fuqua. "The new Georgia voting laws are reminiscent of voting impediments that were passed at the end of Reconstruction to prevent many Americans from voting. Regrettably, we feel compelled to move our film production work from Georgia to another state".

Georgia boasts extensive production infrastructure and has been home to a number of major Hollywood productions over the past few years, but a boycott was threatened from movie and TV giants like Disney and Netflix back in 2019 over the restrictive "heartbeat" anti-abortion legislation.

However, the Georgia-based national voting rights organization Fair Fight has urged such companies to stay and support the communities that have made the state's film industry thrive.

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Stacey Abrams' Organization Tells Hollywood To 'Stay and Fight' in Georgia

Bad move. Boycott the racists out of their miserable existence!