FYI&S, bwo Dorien Zandbergen

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Hi all,
Please see this message by Marianne and Brandon, who made the Global
Uprising film we saw during our last meeting - and forward to whomever may
be interested. Thanks!


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> Dear Friends:
>
>
> Thanks to everyone who has donated so far to our online appeal for
> funds so that we can continue making well-produced educational films
> about the revolts that are sweeping streets and squares across the
> world. So far your contributions have added up to an impressive total
> of nearly $1,700! It's a great beginning, but if we want to be able to
> continue reporting on and building communication between struggles in
> different places, we still have a long way to go to reach our goal of
> $10,000. If you haven't donated yet, please check out our
> crowd-funding Kickstarter page:
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> http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/globaluprisings/global-uprisings
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> Please also forward this email or the link to your own networks. We
> need to expand our reach to include the networks of our friends and
> their friends if we are going to achieve our goal.
>
>
> What will we do with the money?
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> Before the close of 2012, we plan to report from Greece, Spain, the
> UK, and the U.S. With your donations, we will be able to fund
> essential production expenses for the next series of short films,
> which will include a documentary on the history of the Euro/World
> crisis in Greece that will explore how the crisis has unfolded from
> the 1970s to today, a film on what activists are doing to combat
> foreclosures in Spain, and an analysis of the many important
> activities that the US occupy movement is doing now that it has faded
> from mainstream media headlines. These films and more will be added to
> our online film collection at www.globaluprisings.org.
>
> Your donations will also insure that we have enough funds to pay a
> small amount to the designer who has been re-designing our website for
> free so far, make DVDs for screenings of our films (which are now
> being translated into multiple languages for international audiences),
> buy a few small portable hard drives for our new work and one larger
> hard drive to build an archive of all of the incredible footage we
> have gathered over the past year and a half in Cairo, Athens,
> Barcelona, London, New York and Oakland so that we can begin work on a
> feature-length documentary film.
>
> This is a huge and crucial project. Its continuation depends on your
> financial support. Every little bit helps.
>
> We are very excited that our film series has been picked up by Deep
> Dish TV, a non-profit production company based in New York. Thanks to
> them, all your donations for this project go to Deep Dish TV (a
> 501(c)(3) not-for-profit) and are tax deductible.
>
> Thank You For Your Contribution.
>
> Brandon Jourdan and Marianne Maeckelbergh
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> PS- We noticed that most of you did not receive the emails we sent out
> previously, and so probably missed our appeal entirely. If you have
> not already done so, please add outreach@??? to your list
> of contacts since our project updates will be coming from that
> address. Thanks!
>