Mobile Hollywood, Labor and the Geography of Production

Author

Sanson; Kevin

Year

2024

Publisher

University of California Press

Language

English

Pages

ISBN

978-0-52039-901-3

Link

Last Update

22-Feb-2026

Keywords

Film Studies ; Business ; Labor & Employment Relations

Description

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the relocation of production activity from Southern California to one of a number of emerging production hubs around the world was raising significant anxiety among labor leaders, industry observers, and local politicians in Los Angeles. Job losses in the city’s “signature” industry topped their list of concerns. The departure of film and television production was indeed having a measurable impact on the entertainment business, but this migration was not new. For different reasons at different times, significant portions of production activity had previously “run away” from the region, particularly in the 1970s and...