WSMV Channel 4 TN film advocates protest outside Capitol
A protest outside the Tennessee Capitol had a Hollywood twist Tuesday.
Actors and film workers were protesting what they say is Tennessee's lack of support for the film industry.
People we talked to say they have to go to other states to find work because they say states like Louisiana offer much higher incentives to movie industry executives.
So even films about Tennessee are filmed elsewhere, they said.
The protesters want Tennessee to offer deeper tax cuts to movie makers so they can stay in state.
"That's money from people coming in from other parts of the country, other parts of the world. They're gonna spend in Tennessee, along with jobs for Tennessee and tourism, it just makes sense. I don't understand it. I don't understand it at all," said Knoxville actor Timfreit Drane.
Drane also said film in Tennessee helped save his life.
He says four years ago he was homeless, living under a bridge and addicted to crack cocaine.
He got clean, and a police officer told him he should start acting.
He went on to appear in the movie Lottery Ticket.
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