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After 118 days, the longest actor strike in Hollywood history has come to an end. What does this mean for New Mexico?

The film shows how a family handles the diagnosis of schizophrenia in their youngest sibling. 91°µÍø sat down with director Alethea Root-Dufraine and actor and co-producer Jules Bruff.

More than 300 people turned out for a protest Wednesday in Albuquerque organized by the actors’ union SAG-AFTRA. They included members of other unions who are not on strike but are supporting their colleagues who are. The action took place in front of Netflix North America’s studios.

In the ongoing strikes by actors and writers in film and television, artificial intelligence is one of the most contentious issues. New Mexico’s robust production industry is feeling the strikes’ effects and on Monday a legislative committee heard dire warnings of the threat posed by AI.

Spending by film, TV, and digital media production in New Mexico surpassed $2.2 billion dollars over the last three fiscal years. That’s according to figures released Tuesday by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, who noted that industry wages are now at record highs.However much of that production is at a standstill because of strikes by the Writers’ Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA, the actors’ union. 91°µÍø spoke with Tom Schuch, first vice president of the SAG-AFTRA New Mexico chapter about what those strikes mean for the state and its workers.