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

Is Atlanta still the ‘Hollywood of the South’? A film boomtown faces a test

Atlanta Film Industry - (AP)

Chris Ratledge used to make as much as $9,500 a week working on film sets around Atlanta. Now, he’s on food stamps.

The 48-year-old digital imaging technician moved from Indiana to Georgia in 2017 as studios — lured by generous tax credits — turned Atlanta into the “Hollywood of the South,” the backdrop for hundreds of productions like “The Hunger Games,” “Stranger Things” and more than a dozen Marvel blockbusters.

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