The lives of hundreds of thousands of crew members have been upended, and even a deal between the actors and the studios might not help much in the short term.
Katie Reis has been a Hollywood lighting technician for 27 years, rigging equipment for movies like Independence Day and TV shows like Quantum Leap. But she hasn’t had a paycheque since May, when the first of two strikes — screenwriters, then actors — forced cameras to stop rolling.
