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the-green-bastard [S] 7 points ago +7 / -0

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/12/will-smith-antoine-fuqua-will-no-longer-film-emancipation-in-georgia.html

“Emancipation,” a slave drama directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Will Smith, will no longer be filmed in the state of Georgia due to a new voting law that was signed there by Gov. Brian Kemp in late March.

“At this moment in time, the Nation is coming to terms with its history and is attempting to eliminate vestiges of institutional racism to achieve true racial justice,” said Smith and Fuqua in a joint statement Monday.

“We cannot in good conscience provide economic support to a government that enacts regressive voting laws that are designed to restrict voter access,” they said. “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.”

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Tagappliedfork 4 points ago +4 / -0

Note the lack of specifics about the law. It's just "law racist".