Survived by... Down To The Wire

Okay, my friends, we are getting down to the wire on our IndieGoGo campaign to raise funds for "Survived by...".

We have 16 days left to make our goal of $5,000. We are a little over 60% there (the money donated by checks has not been calculated in by Fractured Atlas yet which is why the amount listed on the site is less than what we actually have at this point). We do realize that times are hard for everyone and we appreciate those who have dug deep and donated and those who cannot but have helped spread the word.

In film terms, our film is an absolutely "no budget" film. We held a fundraiser last summer and raised a couple hundred dollars. We had some early donors who gave before we even began filming. We used that to feed our cast and crew for a three-day shoot, rent a grip truck and rent a camera for one day. What time and talent wasn't donated, came out of Brenda's pocket or mine. Mostly Brenda's. That's because we all believe in this project.

The $5k will go to reimbursing the cast and crew for gas and mileage and hopefully provide some compensation for their time. Mainly, the funds would be used for renting the proper equipment to finish the post production and, anything over the $5,000, we will use to enter the film into festivals so that we can get this message out that DADT was difficult but DOMA is the most dehumanizing of the two for our lesbian and gay soldiers and their families. Especially if a lesbian or gay soldier is killed in combat.

We all know someone - or know someone who knows someone - who can afford to donate to a tax deductible cause, even if we can't ourselves.

Many companies/corporations/foundations offer matching gift programs, whereby they will match your donations/charitable gifts. Your human resources office should be able to tell you if the company you work for has this program.

I realize that some of you might be getting sick of seeing us beg for donations and, if so, we apologize for that but we only have a small window of opportunity left to make our goal and get this informational film finished and seen.

Please visit our IndieGoGo page and watch the movie trailer, catch up on the updates, comments, funders, gallery and spread the link around to your friends.

http://www.indiegogo.com/Survived-By?a=32591&i=addr

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