'In Europe, and across the globe, screenwriters are exploited for their commitment to their work,' says Carolin Otto about 'Screenwriters Everywhere,' a 'global day of solidarity.'
“Screenwriters in Europe are in awe of the organization, determination and solidarity of our friends and colleagues in the Writers Guilds of America, East and West, in their fight to defend and protect their profession from the sustained assaults they are currently facing.” That’s how German screenwriter Carolin Otto, president of the Federation of Screenwriters in Europe on Wednesday praised her striking colleagues across the Atlantic.
The federation, bringing together 31 screenwriters’ organizations from 25 European countries, joined the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain and writers in the media and entertainment sectors around the world for Wednesday’s “Screenwriters Everywhere,” a global day of solidarity with the
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