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Courage
Productions, based in Tampa, Florida is currently in
production on the feature film, "The Profit". The
Director of this film, Peter Alexander and the Producer,
Patricia Greenway also happen to be board members of the LMT.
They contacted the LMT recently to inform us that they and
their film were under attack by Scientologists.
Members
of The Foundation for Religious Tolerance have picketed the
set, handed out hate literature and investigated and visited
the homes of crew members working on the film.
According
to Courage Productions, six
days before shooting was to be finished on the movie,
I.A.T.S.E.
(The International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees)
shut the set down with an illegal picket.
Did
Scientology exert pressure on the union to shut the film
down? The answer is not yet clear but for weeks prior to
the Union strike, the Scientologists picketed the set.
When the union picket began, the Scientologists stopped their
overt efforts.
Since
the broadcast of this newscast, neither the union nor the
Scientologists have returned to the set.
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