Peking–the duo of Nat Livingston Johnson and Gregory Mitnick, who are with Station Film–directed three shorts, including The Impossible Family Portrait, in this Skype campaign out of agency Pereira & O’Dell.
The Impossible Family Portrait tells the story of Denis who is separated from his family in Uganda. He came to the U.S. with $5 in his pocket and has started a new life but it’s hard to be away from his loved ones so many miles away–most notably from his young son.
Everyone, says Denis, has a story of how the war in Uganda affected them. His story too is one of separation from those dear to him.
Helping to narrow the geographic distance between him and his family in Uganda is Skype. He relates that he sees their faces and they see mine, that there’s laughter and we feel closer. The chance to see his son’s face and tell him I love him “is very important.” Denis notes that “when I get back home someday, if I do, I won’t be a stranger [to my son].”
For this story and the others in this series, Singaporean photographer and visual artist John Clang captures portraits where everyone is able to pose next to one another. All of Denis’ family in Uganda is captured in an image projected onto a wall–Denis stands next to that projection and Clang creates a uniquely special family portrait that joins loved ones in the real and digital world.
SAG-AFTRA Calls For A Strike Against “League of Legends”
"League of Legends" is caught in the middle of a dispute between Hollywood's actors union and an audio company that provides voiceover services for the blockbuster online multiplayer game.
The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists called a strike against "League of Legends" on Tuesday, arguing that Formosa Interactive attempted to get around the ongoing video game strike by hiring non-union actors to work on an unrelated title.
Formosa tried to "cancel" the unnamed video game, which was covered by the strike, shortly after the start of the work stoppage, SAG-AFTRA said. The union said when Formosa learned it could not cancel the game, the company "secretly transferred the game to a shell company and sent out casting notices for 'non-union' talent only." In response, the union's interactive negotiating committee voted unanimously to file an unfair labor practice charge against the company with the National Labor Relations Board and to call a strike against "League of Legends" as part of that charge.
"League of Legends" is one of Formosa's most well-known projects. The company provides voiceover services for the game, according to SAG-AFTRA.
SAG-AFTRA has accused Formosa of interfering with protections that allow performers to form or join a union and prevent those performers from being discriminated against — a move the union called "egregious violations of core tenets of labor law."
Formosa did not immediately respond to a request for comment. "League of Legends" developer Riot Games said that the company "has nothing to do" with the union's complaint.
"We want to be clear: Since becoming a union project five years ago, 'League of Legends' has only asked Formosa to engage with union... Read More