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    Stacey Abrams' election loss has Georgia's film workers on edge

    by Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times Nov 25, 2018 5 minutes

    ATLANTA - When Democrat Stacey Abrams lost Georgia's election for governor to Republican Brian Kemp, Suehyla El-Attar was distraught.

    Not only had the candidate she was rooting for was not elected as the nation's first black female governor, but as she watched a die-hard conservative, yet again, take the helm of the Deep South state, she faced an unsettling question: Would her work in Georgia's booming film industry dry up?

    "The minute I knew Kemp won, I thought 'There go all my opportunities,'" said the Atlanta-based actor and playwright. "I don't have words for the fear. I'm worried about jobs disappearing. I'm worried about how to fight and maintain my stamina. I'm worried about how to honor my principles, while still being able to pay the rent."

    For months, many who work in Georgia's burgeoning film and television industry have been on edge as Abrams sparred with

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