Tyler Perry Studios and Writers Guild Announce Agreement
December 31, 1969About the NAACP
Founded on February 12, 1909, the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is the nation¹s oldest and
largest civil rights organization. Its half-million adult and youth
members throughout the United States and the world are the premier
advocates for civil rights in their communities, and monitor equal
opportunity in the public and private sectors. For more information
on the NAACP and the NAACP Hollywood Bureau, please visit www.naacp.org.
About Tyler Perry Studios
Tyler Perry Studios is 100% financed by Tyler Perry in an
entrepreneurial endeavor, and is not backed by a studio or other
investors. The studio produces both Meet the Browns and House of
Payne, as well as several feature films a year including the
upcoming Madea Goes to Jail. Perry recently announced the
formation of another production arm, 34th Street Films, which will
develop projects written and directed by talent other than Perry
under the Tyler Perry brand.
About the Writer's Guild of
America, West
The Writers
Guild of America, West is a labor union that negotiates and
administers contracts and represents writers of motion pictures,
television, radio and Internet programming, including news and
documentaries. For more information on the WGAW, please visit:
www.wga.org.
Contact:
Writer's Guild of
America, West
Gregg Mitchell:
(323) 782.4561
Sunshine Sachs
Keleigh Thomas: (310) 275.3222
Ken Sunshine: (212) 691.2800
NAACP
Richard McIntire: (410) 580.5787
Save the date for the 40th NAACP Image Awards
LIVE! Thursday, February 12, 2009, at 8PM on FOX
www.naacpimageawards.net
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