Canadian actors have settled an arbitration case to get makeup artists and hairstylists on predominantly white film sets trained in how to style hair or do makeup for performers of color, including those who are Black and Indigenous.
Actra, the country’s actors union, last year filed a grievance against the Canadian Media Producers Association, representing English-language indie producers, and the Association Québécoise de la Production Médiatique, their French-language counterparts.
With mainly white casts, Actra argued Bipoc performers were long denied hair and makeup people who know what they’re doing when it comes to working with natural hair textures and darker skin tones. The case was heard over two days by arbitrator William Kaplan before a settlement was reached.
The settlement calls for recommended products and equipment so hair and makeup artists on film sets can make Bipoc castmembers look and feel the way they want before the cameras roll on their characters,...
Actra, the country’s actors union, last year filed a grievance against the Canadian Media Producers Association, representing English-language indie producers, and the Association Québécoise de la Production Médiatique, their French-language counterparts.
With mainly white casts, Actra argued Bipoc performers were long denied hair and makeup people who know what they’re doing when it comes to working with natural hair textures and darker skin tones. The case was heard over two days by arbitrator William Kaplan before a settlement was reached.
The settlement calls for recommended products and equipment so hair and makeup artists on film sets can make Bipoc castmembers look and feel the way they want before the cameras roll on their characters,...
- 5/25/2023
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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