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Shining a light on the Middle States: U.S. Production Options in a COVID-19 World
How midwestern states, like Montana and Ohio, provide benefits like locations, incentives, infrastructure, and opportunities in the COVID-19 environment.
June 11, 2020
Join Entertainment Partners’ Joe Chianese and Alexis Alexanian as they speak with Film Commissions from Illinois, Louisiana, Montana, Ohio, Oklahoma and Kansas City, Missouri, about the locations, incentives, infrastructure, opportunities and benefits of filming “in the middle.” Learn how these production hubs “between the coasts” can service the new film, TV, and commercial production needs in the COVID-19 environment. (Runtime: 1 hr, 16 mins)
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