Black Swan and 500 Days of Summer are both known as good movies, and the unpaid interns working for the production company probably have some good memories of their involvement. What they do not seem to be having a good time with is finding out that not being paid was illegal.
Four former interns, Eden Antalik, Alexander Footman, Eric Glatt and Kanene Gratts, brought action against Fox Searchlight Pictures Inc. (Searchlight) and Fox Entertainment Group Inc. (FEG) for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and New York and California laws governing payment of wages in Glatt v. Fox Searchlight Pictures, No. 11 Civ. 6784, * 2 (S.D.N.Y. June 11, 2013). FEG is the parent corporation of Searchlight, which handles production and distribution of films. The summary judgment decision ruled that the interns were, in fact, employees who had to be paid for their time.
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