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Netflix movie seeking 2,000 Black Pittsburghers as extras for film recreating March on Washington

Netflix movie seeking 2,000 Black Pittsburghers as extras for film recreating March on Washington
ANDREW: PITTSBURGH WILL BE THE BACKDROP OF NEWEST NET-FLIX FILM. THE PRODUCTION COMPANY IS OWNED BY THE OBAS.MA CAMERAS START ROLLING HERE NEXT MONTH, ON THE REAL LIFE STORY OF ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC MOMENTS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, THE 1963 MARCH ON WASHINGTON, >> IT IS EXCITING, THE THOUGHT OF BNGEI ABLE TO RE-CREATE AN ICONIC MOMENT IN HISTORY, THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON. GETTING TO SEEHE T SPEECHES, PUTTING YOURSELV IESN THE SITUATION IN MODERN TIM.ES ANDREW: RFO ATLANTA-BASED CASTING DIRECTOR ROSE LOCKE, RECREATING THAT HISTORY IS THE KEY SEEN IN "RUSTIN," THE STORY OF BAYARD RUSTIN, THE MAN BEHIND MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR’S DEFINING MOMENT. THE 1963 MARCH OF WASHINGTON. FOR THIS NETFLIX FILM, PITTSBURGH WILL DOUBLE FOR ONE OF THE FILM’S KELOY CATIONS >> IN THE SCRIPT, WE HAVE TO RECREATE HARLEM. THIS WAS THE BEST PLACE OTHER ANTH HARLEM. WE DON’T WANT TO SHOOT IN NEW YORK, IT IS DIFFICULT AT TIMES. ANDREW: PITTSBURGH WILL ALSO BE THE PLACE FOR THE MOVIE’S DEFINING MOMENT, THE THE OCTOBER MARCH. 11TH SHOOT WILL BE BOTH A CLIMAX AND A CHALLENGE. >>OW H MANY ACTORS DO YOU NEED TO PULL THIS OFF? >> 2000. ANDREW: 2000? AND NOT JTUS TO THOUSAND EXTRAS, 2000 FULLY-VACCINATED EXTR. >> WE ARE REACHING OUT TO THOSE WHO WANT TO BE IN THE MOVIE THAT HAVEN’T BEEN VACCINATED YET, WE ARE TRYING TO HELP THEM FIND A WAY TO GET VACCINATED. ANDREW: LOCKE TELLS ME THAT SHE IS WORKING WITH ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK TO GET THOSE WHO WANT TO BE EXTRAS VACCINATED. AND THE PAY? EXTRAS GET $168 PER DAY FOR 12-HOUR DAYS, AS WELL AS $84 TO TAKE A COVID T
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Netflix movie seeking 2,000 Black Pittsburghers as extras for film recreating March on Washington
The new Netflix film "Rustin" is about the man who created the famed 1963 March on Washington. The film is being produced by the Obama's film company Higher Ground Productions. The casting team is seeking to recreate the March scene here in Pittsburgh in October and is looking for 2,000 Black extras from the Pittsburgh area. Those extras must also be vaccinated and the producers are working with Allegheny Health Network to get them vaccinated. Anyone interested in being an extra can email Rustin-Pittsburgh@RoseLockeCasting.com with CIVIL RIGHTS in the subject line.

The new Netflix film "Rustin" is about the man who created the famed 1963 March on Washington. The film is being produced by the Obama's film company Higher Ground Productions.

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The casting team is seeking to recreate the March scene here in Pittsburgh in October and is looking for 2,000 Black extras from the Pittsburgh area.

Those extras must also be vaccinated and the producers are working with Allegheny Health Network to get them vaccinated.

Anyone interested in being an extra can email Rustin-Pittsburgh@RoseLockeCasting.com with CIVIL RIGHTS in the subject line.