Grindhouse founder urges broader state tax credit for creative workers
January 19, 2026 | Bronx County/City, New York
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Christina Faith, founder of Philadelphia-based Grindhouse Incorporated, described her company’s end-to-end production services and said she is advocating for a Pennsylvania Creative Tax Enhancement Act to broaden the state’s film tax credit to include digital-media creators, streamers and gamers.
Faith said Grindhouse operates a 14,000-square-foot studio and event space and provides development, production, post-production, marketing and event services. "We do everything in house," she said, adding the company works with a range of clients and aims to create local jobs in Pennsylvania.
On the proposed tax measure, Faith said the change would revive an older act and widen eligibility beyond film. "Instead of focusing on just film, we wanted to figure out how we can include the creative economy," she said, adding the proposal would provide Pennsylvania tax credits to individual creators earning as much as $150,000 a year and make the state more competitive with neighboring markets.
Faith said she is working with House Representative Andre Carroll and hopes to introduce the bill this legislative session. She noted past and current partners and projects, including an upcoming documentary about Black wrestlers produced with national outlets and earlier independent work made on modest budgets — she cited producing the feature "Love You Right" for about $25,000 over 21 shooting days.
"We want to be able to create products specifically films, television, as well as unscripted, as well as streaming content here in Pennsylvania," Faith said. She invited interested producers and organizations to learn more at thegrindhouse.co.
The initiative is presented as an economic-development measure aimed at creating jobs and retaining creative production on the East Coast. Faith framed the proposal as a response to perceived limits of an existing film-focused credit and as a way to help smaller creators compete with production hubs in New York, New Jersey and Georgia.
Next steps, according to Faith, include legislative outreach with Representative Carroll and further public advocacy as the new session begins.
Faith said Grindhouse operates a 14,000-square-foot studio and event space and provides development, production, post-production, marketing and event services. "We do everything in house," she said, adding the company works with a range of clients and aims to create local jobs in Pennsylvania.
On the proposed tax measure, Faith said the change would revive an older act and widen eligibility beyond film. "Instead of focusing on just film, we wanted to figure out how we can include the creative economy," she said, adding the proposal would provide Pennsylvania tax credits to individual creators earning as much as $150,000 a year and make the state more competitive with neighboring markets.
Faith said she is working with House Representative Andre Carroll and hopes to introduce the bill this legislative session. She noted past and current partners and projects, including an upcoming documentary about Black wrestlers produced with national outlets and earlier independent work made on modest budgets — she cited producing the feature "Love You Right" for about $25,000 over 21 shooting days.
"We want to be able to create products specifically films, television, as well as unscripted, as well as streaming content here in Pennsylvania," Faith said. She invited interested producers and organizations to learn more at thegrindhouse.co.
The initiative is presented as an economic-development measure aimed at creating jobs and retaining creative production on the East Coast. Faith framed the proposal as a response to perceived limits of an existing film-focused credit and as a way to help smaller creators compete with production hubs in New York, New Jersey and Georgia.
Next steps, according to Faith, include legislative outreach with Representative Carroll and further public advocacy as the new session begins.
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