The union representing film crew workers in Sudbury, Ont., says a settlement has been reached to finally pay some members who worked on the multimillion-dollar feature film 40 Acres, which was shot in the area a year ago and featured at the Toronto International Film Festival last month.The Canadian feature film 40 Acres tells a post-apocalyptic story about a mixed Black-Indigenous family fighting to protect their land against an organized militia. It was filmed in Sudbury, Ont.
"It's not enough," she said. "I would have thought that they would at least make payments on it, pay so much a month, pay a third of it and a third the following month. I mean, we're still in limbo." CBC has learned the budget amounted to $8 million and included $3.2 million of public funding from Telefilm, among other sources, both public and private.John Lewis, IATSE's director of Canadian affairs and international vice-president, said he's pleased Sudbury film crew members have now been compensated."Decisions are made, unexpected circumstances happen, and you think you have a tight budget and then before you know it, it's not so tight," he said.
He said that would help confirm their financial viability and ensure money goes where it is supposed to go.