Amount Needed : $15,580

Production - $5,135
Post - $6,180
Outreach - $8400
Total: $20,715
Expended: $5,135

For a complete breakdown of the Budget click here.

CURRENT DONATIONS
$50 Paula Elizabeth -Santa Fe, NM
$50 Jessica Rotem -Fairfax, VA
$250 Flo Sinkler -Kalama, WA (FREE DVD)
$40 Anonymous
$100 Colin Mitchel -New York, NY (FREE DVD)

GRANT APPLICATIONS
NM Governor's Cup non-fiction competition -finalist
Frameline Finishing Funds Grant (pending)

College of Arts Association Professional Development Fellowship (pending/ partial award towards film if granted)

NOTES FROM DIRECTOR
As a self-paying graduate student at one of the top ranked multimedia programs in the United States, I decided to push myself even further by shooting this documentary. Not only will I be pushing my skills and talent, but also my personal debt. I am seeking help from my community to help alleviate the stress of adding production costs to my insurmountable education debt.

Currently all production costs are being paid via my personal credit card. Pooling my resources I have been able to keep the productions costs of this film to an absolute minimum (by camping, driving instead of flying, etc.). Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute provided me with necessary video equipment and insurance coverage, which enables me to shoot diverse locations by gaining local film office permits as well as gain access to shooting at local businesses.