Alec Baldwin Joins Cast of Occupy Drama ‘The Public’

Alec Baldwin Joins Cast of Occupy Drama ‘The Public’

by Jerome Hudson 9 Dec 2016

http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2016/12/09/alec-baldwin-cast-occupy-wall-street-drama-public/

Actor Alec Baldwin has joined a cast of young talent in The Public, a drama about an Occupy-style protest that quickly turned into a police standoff between protesters and city officials in Cincinnati, Ohio.

The film follows a 2011 incident involving a group of Occupy protesters who, after squatting for weeks, refused to leave the city’s Piatt Park. The incident resulted in a standoff involving city officials and Cincinnati Public Library officials, who objected to protesters using the building as shelter. The incident ended with more than 200 citations being issued.

the public (stylized in lower-case letters) is being directed by Emilio Estevez, who also wrote the script and co-stars, and is set to begin filming in Cincinnati, Ohio in mid-January.

Baldwin plays a crisis negotiator brought in to quell the standoff, according The Wrap.

The film also stars The Hunger Games’ Jena Malone, who along with Estevez play a pair of librarians caught in the middle of the crisis. Taylor Schilling of Orange is the New Black fame and rapper Che “Rhymefest” Smith round out the cast.

Lisa Niedenthal, Estevez’s longtime producing partner, along with Alex Lebovici and Steve Ponce of Oriah Entertainment, and Michael Bien of Cedarvale Pictures are funding the film. No domestic distributor has yet been announced.

Alec Baldwin

Alec Baldwin is an actor, and a director at the People for the American Way.

Note: Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the People for the American Way, and the Sundance Institute.

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Norman Lear is a director at the People for the American Way, the president of the Lear Family Foundation, and married to Lyn Davis Lear.

Lear Family Foundation was a funder for the People for the American Way, and a donor for the Movement Resource Group.

Movement Resource Group was a funder for the Occupy Movement.

Occupy Wall Street was the initial protest for the Occupy Movement.

Lyn Davis Lear is a director at the Lear Family Foundation, married to Norman Lear, and a trustee at the Sundance Institute.

Stanley Tucci was a trustee at the Sundance Institute, is an actor in The Hunger Games (2012), an actor in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013), an actor in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1, and an actor in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2.

Walter L. Weisman is the chairman for the Sundance Institute, and a life trustee at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Steven E. Tisch was a trustee at the Sundance Institute, and is a trustee at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Barbra Streisand is a trustee at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client, and the founder of the Barbra Streisand Foundation.

Jerry Springer is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client, and was the Cincinnati (OH) mayor.

Margery Tabankin is the treasurer for the Barbra Streisand Foundation, and a director at the People for the American Way.

Alec Baldwin is a director at the People for the American Way, and an actor.

Norman Lear is a director at the People for the American Way, the president of the Lear Family Foundation, and married to Lyn Davis Lear.

Lear Family Foundation was a funder for the People for the American Way, and a donor for the Movement Resource Group.

Movement Resource Group was a funder for the Occupy Movement.

Occupy Wall Street was the initial protest for the Occupy Movement.