Author: Local 706

With the rain beating down on my car roof, I listened carefully to the gentle voice on the other end, director Anthony Hemingway. The conversation went something like this: I just got your name from Angie Wells. What is your availability?  I told him I was available.

All of us fortunate enough to have worked on a soap opera, know the benefit of a steady gig and being with a cast and crew that becomes like a family. 

Amazon’s Them was going to film in Los Angeles, so we knew we could bring in heaps of Local 706 make-up artists and hair stylists to work the next eight months on this show.

The Make-up and Hair Departments for Barry Jenkins’ adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s novel, The Underground Railroad, describe their process.

Designing hair styles for Dickinson offered many unique opportunities. The story is about an eccentric forward-thinking young girl. The time setting is the mid-19th century.

Aretha Franklin broke barriers and boundaries with her voice. Franklin was and is the undisputed ‘Queen of Soul’ whose musical prowess can only be described as one thing—GENIUS.

Artisans discuss the re-boot of the beloved series, which included some of the original cast.