Niecy Nash and Ava DuVernay Join WGA Strike at Paramount in Los Angeles

Actors and directors joined members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) in Los Angeles, who were on strike for a second week on Tuesday, May 9.

Cara Greene Epstein posted this video of Reno 911 actor Niecy Nash belting out ‘I Will Survive’ outside Paramount Pictures in Los Angeles on Tuesday as filmmaker Ava DuVernay (Selma; A Wrinkle in Time) takes a video. A table behind Nash bears a poster that says “Picket Line Karaoke.”

“Meeting icons and taking names. We will survive and get a fair contract!” Epstein wrote on Twitter.

On May 2, productions for shows like Saturday Night Live were halted after failed negotiations between the guild and media companies such as Netflix, Amazon, Apple, Discovery, Paramount, Sony, NBC Universal, and Disney. Credit: Cara Greene Epstein via Storyful

Video Transcript

[MUSIC - "I WILL SURVIVE"]

- (SINGING) I was petrified, kept thinking I could never live without you by my side. But then I spent so many nights thinking how you did me wrong. And I grew strong. And I learned how to get along.

And so you're back from outer space. I just walked in to find you here with that sad look upon your face. I should have changed that stupid lock. I should have--

I was petrified, kept thinking I could never live without you by my side. But then I spent so many nights thinking how you did me wrong. And I grew strong. And I learned how to get along.

And so you're back from outer space. I just walked in to find you here with that sad look upon your face. I should have changed that stupid lock. I should have--

I was petrified, kept thinking I could never live without you by my side. But then I spent so many nights thinking how you did me wrong. And I grew strong. And I learned how to get along.

And so you're back from outer space. I just walked in to find you here with that sad look upon your face. I should have changed that stupid lock. I should have--