Does Georgia have a "REAL" movie industry?

What is an industry?
According to various definitions on the internet, the one that caught my eye defined an industry as "the organized action of making of goods and services for sale". A few days ago, as I drove though a certain part of town looking for movie shooting locations. I noticed as a police officer arresting a young man supposedly for selling illegal drugs. At the next stop sign I decided to get some gas for my car. Turning into the gas station, 3 young boys approached me and said they had "2 for 5". I was hoping they meant that the gas station was discounting gas at 2 gallons for $5, but I soon realized that was not what they meant. They were referring to illegal drugs. Then the thought ran though my head. These folks actually have a real industry going on. Illegal as it may be, it is a "real" industry. "They have the products, they are organized, and they constantly create locations to sale their products.
The plight of the "independent" movie producer in Atlanta is deplorable. First of all, these producers are "independent "which really means "they produce outside of the Hollywood studio system , What is the Hollywood studio system you may ask?
The Hollywood Studio System
As of 2007 these included five of the Golden Age majors: Sony (owner of Columbia), News Corporation (20th Century Fox), Time Warner (Warner Bros.), Viacom (Paramount), and General Electric / NBC Universal (Universal). In addition, The Walt Disney Company's Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group has emerged as a major, resulting in a "Big Six." With the exception of Disney, all of these so-called major studios are essentially based on the model of the old United Artists: that is, they are primarily backer-distributors (and physical studio leasers) rather than actual production companies. They get the movies to the market.
The result in our community.
What does this mean to our commmunity and the hundreds of young graduates from more than 14 in-state colleges and universities offering degrees or studies in film and video. It means that since these "majors" control the market, we depend on them to generate money for our ecomony. It also means that after graduation they will remain jobless, just like thousands of their already graduted counterparts. So what do they do with their degrees? Most do NOTHING but look for any other job that can pay the bills or become a hustler just like thousands of others living with the dream of one day making it big in Hollywood. What happened to just getting an industry related job right here in Atlanta? Who is hiring? I got an email that Tyler's studio was looking for extras at $75 per 12 hour day. Apart from that, most movie and film producers in Atlanta and probably Georgia have one or two "REAL jobs" outside their "careers" as movie producers. A lot do "odd jobs at odd hours" which allow them still live the dream of one day feeding their families with an income derived from their profession. Imagine if an auto mechanic had to fix cars for free until he could prove to GM or TOYOTA that he was a good mechanic. Imagine if a truck driver had to build his own truck before he could begin a career as a truck driver. They too would have no industry today. If a teacher had to build a school then recriut students, teach the students, then have them take tests for "Hollywood" to offer the teacher a teaching career. We would have a community with a lot of talented students and teachers waiting around for Hollywood's approval. These are the obstacles movie producers and actors in Atlanta go through. Why? Because we have no "real" movie industry here. "All we have is a huge "farm" set up for Hollywood to harvest.
Food for thought
How many full time movie actors and producers are living in Atlanta and earning a living from their movies produced here in Atlanta without any "blueprint" or assistance from LA or Hollywood? Allow me to share with you my chat last week with a graduating film student from Clark Atlanta University. I asked him how his teachers advise him to earn a living and pay back his student loan ($58,000) after graduating this summer, He responded, ... "We have been taught how to pitch film ideas to Hollywood (mainstreem) Studios, but I am not sure they (our teachers) really know what they are talking about because most of them have never succesfully pitched a film deal. I thought interning at Tyler's Studios would give me experience but all they needed me for was to serve coffee. I probably will just have to look for a real job till something comes up."
Movie producers and actors in Atlanta go through this just because there is no real industry here. Why not Atlanta? Why not Lantawood?