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#listenLA spotlight: 2017 Motion Picture roundup

We salute all the talented AFM Local 47 Los Angeles musicians involved in scoring these motion picture and TV shows released in 2017!

1987: When the Day Comes (Woojeung Film 2017)
Annabelle: Creation (2017)
Battle of the Sexes (FOX Searchlight 2017)
Baywatch (Paramount 2017)
Cars 3 (Disney/Pixar 2017)
CHiPS (Warner Bros. 2017)
Coco
 (Disney/Pixar 2017)
Daddy’s Home 2 (Paramount 2017)
The Dark Tower (Sony 2017)
Deadbeat (Hulu 2014)
Despicable Me 3 (Universal 2017)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (20th Century FOX 2017)
Disney’s Newsies the Broadway Musical (Disney 2017)
Downsizing (Paramount 2017)
Dunkirk (Warner Bros. 2017)
Everything, Everything (Warner Bros. 2017)
The Fate of the Furious
 (Universal 2017)
Ferdinand (20th Century FOX 2017)
Fifty Shades Darker (Universal 2017)
Fist Fight (Warner Bros. 2017)
Flatliners (2017)
Geostorm (2017)
Girls Trip (2017)
Going in Style (2017)
The Greatest Showman (2017)
The Healer (2017)
If You’re Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast (2017)
Im/Perfection (short – 2017)
It (2017)
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)
The King’s Case Note (2017)
The LEGO Batman Movie (2017)
The LEGO Ninjago Movie (2017)
Logan (2017)
The Lunch Rush (2017)
Mars Explorer (short – 2017)
Max 2: White House Hero (2017)
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (2017)
The Mountain Between Us (2017)
Olaf’s Frozen Adventure (2017)
Painted Woman (2017)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
Pitch Perfect 3 (2017)
The Post (2017)
Purl (short 2017)
Rings (2017)
Rose (2017)
Rough Night (2017)
Sandy Wexler (2017)
The Secret Life of Kyle (2017)
Shakespeare on the Range (short) (2017)
Shock and Awe (2017)
Skid Row Marathon (2017)
Snatched (2017)
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi (2017)
Thank You For Your Service (2017)
Too Funny to Fail: The Life & Death of The Dana Carvey Show (2017)
Traces of the Brush: The Heartprint of Fu Shen (2017)
Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
Tycoon (2017)
The Valley (2017)
War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
The Weight of Water (2017)
xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017)

Healthy California: SB 562 Labor Forum

Healthy CA: SB 562 Labor Forum

When: Wednesday, March 28, 2018 details 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Where: Musicians Local 47 (3220 Winona Ave., Burbank)

Refreshments provided

 

Panel discussion with:

  • John Acosta, President of AFM Musicians Local 47
  • Michael Lighty, Policy Director for California Nurses Association
  • Leslie Simon, Co-Chair of Labor United for Universal Healthcare
  • Dave Campbell, Secretary-Treasurer of Steelworkers USW Local 675

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Musicians of the 90th Annual Academy Awards

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Gallery photos by Rick Baptist

From composition and music preparation to the scoring stage, musicians bring the heart and soul to motion pictures.

Congratulations to the winners and nominees in the 90th annual Academy Awards featuring music created by AFM Local 47 musicians, and to the incredible house band and music prep team! Continue reading

‘Allegiance’ Musical Goes AFM

We are pleased to report a recent organizing win in signing a new agreement with the East West Players for the production of “Allegiance,” a new musical running in Little Tokyo starring George Takei.

This victory came as the result of direct action by Asian-American musicians at Local 47 who felt passionately about ensuring that this project go union. The musical addresses the hardships and discrimination against Japanese Americans during WWII, when thousands of Americans were put into internment camps.
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AFM Local 47 Executive Board Endorses Gavin Newsom for Governor

The American Federation of Musicians Local 47 Executive Board is proud to endorse Gavin Newsom for Governor of California.

Newsom earned a respectable track record as a supporter of working people during his two consecutive terms as mayor of San Francisco by guiding the city into economic stability by creating and enforcing progressive policies pushing for civil rights, environmental protections, and job creation. Continue reading

March 2018 Overture Online: Nevertheless She Persisted

Overture Online
March 2018

Nevertheless She Persisted
National Women’s History Project honors women who fight all forms of discrimination


Women’s March 2018
Musicians Join Thousands at
Los Angeles Women’s March 2018

You’re Invited!
Save the Date for our Grand Opening event May 21

Keeping the Score in CA Update
Musicians visiting legislators to promote a music-scoring tax credit

and more!

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