Gratwick and PayDay.GG to Celebrate the 100th Episode of Gratcast with a Facebook Live Conversation About how Hollywood can Move Forward from #MeToo to #NoMore
Gratwick is ready to #SetTheExpectation for a new era in Hollywood with the launch of their Gratwick A-list and a partnership with PayDay.GG for an Esports tournament series that will raise money for Rock Against MS.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 20, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- For many in Hollywood, the explosion of the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements came as a shock, but Gratwick's CEO Kris Hulbert was baffled that it took so long for the truth to be publicly validated. Since 2008, Hulbert has laid the groundwork for a transparent, audience-owned studio that could provide a safe haven for modern artists like himself who don't believe their responsibility to the audience ends with production.
"After a crash course on the seedy side of show business with my first film, I knew if I wanted to responsibly tell my stories on my terms and ensure my team was treated fairly at all times, I needed a company like Gratwick to exist and so did countless other artists. I had faith if I went to work building it, some of those artists would join me along the way, and others would be inspired to follow in our footsteps. And that is exactly what has happened," Hulbert said when asked what inspired him to build a new Hollywood model.
SEC laws and Hollywood culture changed drastically while Gratwick collected allies. The Jobs Act now allows for startups and new corporations like Gratwick to raise up to a million dollars in funding through public investments on sites like WeFunder. Hollywood is also finally brave enough to embrace new ideas about how to make the industry not only fairer, but also diverse, open-sourced, and accountable to the artists and audience above all else. All this change has created the perfect storm of opportunity for a 21st century studio to rise from the ashes of old Hollywood. Which is exactly the kind of storm Hulbert was preparing for when he put his career as a filmmaker on hold to build an ark in Gratwick.
The Gratwick A-list is for artists and audience members who want to be among the first to own a piece of the new Hollywood model where the Audience, Artists and Accountability are the stars. To join the Gratwick A-list, reach out to any Gratwick social media account or ally and ask for your personal invitation.
Tune in tonight, August 20th at 7:00 p.m, PST for the live-streamed 100th episode of Gratcast with award-winning director Kathy Kolla. Ms. Kolla will join the show for the first hour to discuss her new film 'Plastic Daydream' and what Hollywood can do to move the conversation forward from #MeToo to #NoMore.
The second hour will be joined by PayDay.GG CEO Silver Padilla and co-founder Jay Madrigal to talk about PayDay.GG's impact on the Esports community and their plan to team up with Gratwick for an Esports tournament series that will raise money for Rock Against MS.
The 100th episode of Gratcast will be streamed on the Gratwick Productions Facebook page from a studio in Burbank. There will be giveaways for the online audience that include Amazon gift cards, subscriptions to Payday.GG and Young Scent Fruit Drinks.
About Gratwick:
Gratwick provides artists with an audience-owned infrastructure of ethical marketing, finance, and distribution that is focused on transparency and accountability. The name Gratwick is derived from a small neighborhood in Kris Hulbert's hometown of Buffalo, NY.
About Kris Hulbert:
Kris Hulbert is an award-winning writer and director originally from Buffalo, NY. His first film "The Perfect House" made history as the first film to premiere on Facebook. Hulbert filmed a documentary with cell phones titled "The TPHtour" that followed his efforts to execute a grassroots cross-country tour to promote that Facebook release. The road trip ultimately inspired the seeds of a new Hollywood model and served as a testing ground for many of Gratwick's marketing and distribution concepts.
About Kathy Kolla:
Kathy Kolla is a director, actor, and screenwriter. She has had roles on television series including "Arrested Development," "American Dreams" and "Eve." Her feature documentary "Who Is Billy Bones?" about early L.A. punk rock pioneers is currently airing nationwide on the KCETLink cable TV network. She recently wrote/directed the dramatic film "Plastic Daydream" starring Shari Belafonte, which is scheduled to premiere this fall on the film festival circuit.
About Payday.GG:
PayDay.GG is a Social Media Tournament Platform that helps aspiring, competitive gamers to reach Esports rockstar status by providing them the viewership exposure via social media tools and cash prize tournaments.
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