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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
R.j. Rico

As the 'Hollywood of the South,' Atlanta has boomed. Its actors and crew are now at a crossroads

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A lighting technician is mowing lawns. A camera assistant is teaching guitar again. An actor has thought about shifting careers.

For more than a decade, work had been nonstop in Atlanta’s booming film industry thanks to Georgia’s extremely generous tax break. Dubbed the “Hollywood of the South,” metro Atlanta became a ubiquitous backdrop for huge projects, including Marvel films and Netflix's “Stranger Things.”

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