Port authority backs Cleveland film-making venture
CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland’s shipping port agency wants to help the city jump-start a film-making industry.
The Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority agreed Thursday to issue $5.2 million in bonds to help finance three films to be shot in the city. The titles are: “The Kid Who Only Hit Homers,” “Strangeland 2,” and “Cleopatra Smiles.”
Nehst Creations, based in New York, will pay off the debt with revenue from the movies.
The company is setting up in a studio at the Cleveland Convention Center and expects to create up to 100 jobs.
Cleveland City Council, county commissioners and the Ohio Department of Development are all offering financial backing.