Tagged: documentary

Bill Nye Documentary Nears $650,000 Goal During the Final Days on Kickstarter; Popular Scientist Does Stretch Goal “Mean Tweets” Video

With less than a week until the Kickstarter comes to an end, Bill Nye Documentary is so close to raise its initial $650,000 goal! The project surfaced last month and has slowly (but surely) continued to gain funding momentum and popularity. New York City producers David… Read More

New York Filmmakers Launch Kickstarter For New Documentary About Popular Scientist Bill Nye

Seeking to honor one of the most popular scientists in the world, New York City producers David Alvarado and Jason Sussberg have hit Kickstarter to raise $650,000 for a new documentary dedicated to Bill Nye. While sharing details about the project, the duo wrote: “Bill Nye is on a… Read More

Update: “For the Love of Spock” Surpasses $600,000 Goal in the Final Hours on Kickstarter

With nearly 24 hours until his funding initiative on Kickstarter closes, Adam Nimoy (son of Star Trek legend Leonard Nimoy) and his documentary For the Love of Spock officially surpassed its initial $600,000 goal thanks to nearly 8,700 backers. Earlier this year, Adam and his father approached 455 Films to help produce… Read More

Adam Nimoy Shares Details About New Kickstarter Project “For the Love of Spock”

Continuing to enjoy the success of his new Kickstarter documentary project, For the Love of Spock, Adam Nimoy, the son of Star Trek star Leonard Nimoy, shared details about the new film. As previously reported, the film is dedicated to beloved sci-fi character and  will also explore the incredible career and… Read More

Zeitgeist Film Series Creator Peter Joseph Launches Indiegogo Campaign For Finish InterReflection Documentary

Ready to finish his latest project, director, narrator and creator of Zeitgeist, Peter Joseph has debuted a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo that is dedicated to raising $50,000 for the highly anticipated documentary, InterReflections. Per its synopsis, InterReflections is story about a quest for a new, more humane society, a… Read More

Brief: Indiegogo Forms Partnership With ITN Source to Launch New Documentary Archive Program

Over the weekend, global crowdfunding platform Indiegogo announced the exciting news that it has created documentary archive program with ITN Source, which is dedicated to filmmakers seeking funds. The platform shared: “We’re launching a Documentary Archive Program which will give Indiegogo filmmakers direct access to… Read More

New Guy Clark Documentary Hits Kickstarter & Quickly Gains Over $50,000

Last week, Grammy-winning music producer Tamara Saviano has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter for a new documentary that focuses on the life of famous folk singer, musician, songwriter, recording artist, and performer, Guy Clark. Per its synopsis, Without Getting Killed or Caught: The Life and Music of… Read More

Director Brendan Toller Shares Details about Kickstarter Documentary “Danny Says”

Fresh off the debut of his Danny Fields documentary, Danny Says, director Brendan Toller sat down with Kickstarter to share details about the crowdfunded project. During the interview, Toller revealed how he became interested in documentaries: “I got into documentary filmmaking because I see it as writing… Read More

Billion Dollar Bully’s Kaylie Milliken Talks Yelp & Bad Business Practices With Grub Street

With her Billion Dollar Bully documentary gaining more funds through crowdfunding giant Kickstarter and even more attention in the media, Prost Production’s Kaylie Milliken sat down with Grub Street to share her thoughts about Yelp and the past scandals that surrounds the very popular review website. While discussing how she thought… Read More

Prost Production Producer & Yelp Talk New Kickstarter Documentary “Billion Dollar Bully” with CNBC (Video)

Last week, Prost Production’s producer, Kaylie Milliken, took to crowdfunding giant Kickstarter to raise $60,000 for the upcoming documentary Billion Dollar Bully. The film is on marketing giant Yelp’s $3.6 billion racket against small business owners and it investigates the website’s past, along with business owners accusing it of extortion,… Read More

Canadian Comedian & Actor Mark Farrell Launches Indiegogo Initiative For New Patrice O’Neal Documentary Better Than You

Last week, Canadian actor and comedian Mark Farrell teamed up with Patrice O’Neal’s fiancée, Von Decarlo, to launch a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise $125,000 for the former stand-up comedian, radio personality and actor’s upcoming documentary, Better Than You. Patrice O’Neal was born in New York… Read More

Update: Backers of Wilma Mankiller Kickstarter Are Now Offered “Milk & Cookies With The Walking Dead’s Carol” as a Perk

Earlier this month, Walking Dead producer Gale Anne Hurd teamed up with Valhalla Entertainment to launch a Kickstarter campaign to raise $150,000 for a new film, Mankiller.  Mankiller celebrates a leader who defied all odds to make a difference for her people. During a time when American Indians found themselves… Read More

American Rapper Raekwon Talks New Crowdfunding Project For “Cuban Linx” Documentary With Rolling Stone

Ready to give fans a behind-the-scene look at his 1995 album, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, American rapper and member of the Wu-Tang Clan, Raekwon hit crowdfunding platform Fanbacked to raise funds for the record’s documentary. According to its description, The Purple Tape Files: The Documentary & Film is… Read More

Crowdfunding Mailbox: Luna Smartbed, Tempi Measures Your Environment & SCORE Film Music Documentary

The three crowdfunding campaigns of this week’s Crowdfunding Mailbox are: Luna, a mattress cover that turns your bed into a “smartbed”; Tempi measures your humidity and temperature anywhere; and SCORE a film documentary on film scores (of course). At this time of year some days… Read More

Acclaimed Filmmaker Debra Riley Hits Seed&Spark to Chronicle Untold Story of 18 African American Athletes in 1936 Olympic Games

Atlanta-based Coffee Bluff Pictures is completing production of the highly anticipated documentary Olympic Pride, American Prejudice. History remembers one African American hero, Jesse Owens, from the 1936 Olympics, but this film shines a light on his other 17 accomplished teammates. Set against the strained and… Read More

Creator of Kickstarter’s I Am What’s Underneath Discusses Body Images & Inspiration With Bust

Taking time away from her successful crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, co-creators of StyleLikeU and the web series I Am What’s Underneath, Lily Mandelbaum sat down with BUST to share details about the project and today’s body image issues. As previously reported by CrowdfundInsider, I Am What’s… Read More

Oscar-Nominated Filmmaker Amy Berg Launches Indiegogo Campaign For Black Male Crisis Documentary

Amy Berg, the filmmaker behind the 2012 documentary West of Memphis, has teamed up with actor Nate Parker and writer-director Matthew Cooke to create a new documentary called AMERICAN RACE. The film about the “black male crisis,” and  is to focus on the death of Ferguson’s Michael Brown,… Read More

New Documentary I Am What’s Underneath Hits Kickstarter to Raise $100,000 & Encourage Others to Accept Themselves

Seeking to encourage others to accept and express their true selves by ditching the “social norm,” mother-daughter team, Elisa Goodkind and Lily Mandelbaum, have launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign to raise $100,000 for their new film, I Am What’s Underneath.  I Am What’s Underneath is… Read More

Film Producer Takes To Kickstarter To Raise Funds For Inspirational World of Warcraft Documentary

On Wednesday (November 5th), former production assistant of The Dark Knight Rises, Lauren Fash, debuted her crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise $45,000 for a new film called WoW MoM – A Documentary About Cancer & Gaming. The description of the new documentary reads, “In 2010, Terry Bolt was told… Read More

Louisa May Alcott’s Orchard House Seeks $150,000 During Kickstarter Crowdfunding Campaign

Historical Concord, Massachusetts’ Louisa May Alcott’s Orchard House, which is known as the home of Little Women, launched a crowdfunding campaign last month on Kickstarter to raise $150,000 for a new documentary. The project has already raised $104,759 from 454 backers. The film will be an hour-long, PBS… Read More

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