SPADA, the screen producers guild, is launching a campaign that seeks to make streaming giants pay a levy on their local revenue. If successful, see a shift in the amount of local content we see on the likes of Netflix and Amazon Prime.
New Zealand’s screen production industry has a vast, unruly population. It contains overlords like James Cameron, Taika Waititi, Sir Peter Jackson and Dame Fran Walsh. It also contains thousands of actors, cinematographers, location scouts and wardrobe assistants who work gig to gig and rely on the volume and scale of productions here to make rent.
