Thomas Schlamme and Russell Hollander
"We urge you to reconsider your support for this misguided law and to make every effort to unwind its restrictions before it takes full effect on July 1st," wrote the directors guild's leaders.
As Hollywood continues to roll out its condemnations of Georgia's new election law, the Directors Guild of America has unleashed one of the strongest critiques yet.
The guild's president Thomas Schlamme and its national executive director Russell Hollander sent a letter directly to Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, writing that the bill "threatens to undermine the pillar of our democracy." They went on to denounce the bill for "reviving discredited practices intended to suppress the voice of Black people and other people of color that were so common in the days before the landmark Voting Rights Act."