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b'As this year\\u2019s historic strikes by the Writers Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild\\u2013American Federation of Television and Radio Artists have shaken up the entertainment industry and film festivals, they\\u2019ve brought to the forefront a truth sometimes elided by cinema\\u2019s glamorous facade: that movies are made by workers. In a business increasingly dominated by massive corporations, what is the role\\u2014and value\\u2014of the labor of acting, writing, and other craftswork? This panel\\u2014moderated by\\xa0Film Comment\\xa0editor Devika Girish and\\xa0FC contributor Madeline Whittle\\u2014brought together Lisa Takeuchi Cullen (President, WGA East), Rebecca Damon (SAG-AFTRA Executive Director, New York Local), and Alissa Wilkinson (Senior Correspondent, Vox) for a deep-dive into the circumstances that led to the strikes, the needs of actors and writers working in Hollywood today, and the history and contemporary role of labor organizing in the American film industry.'