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Tag: Directors guild of america

November 11, 2018
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Do I Need to be in the DGA?

November 11, 2018 By Amber M Sherman5 Comments

Do I Need to be in the DGA? Im writing this post mainly because I don’t even know if I should be worried about being in the DGA or not! Some of you know me,

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