Tagged: documentary

August 8, 2015 @ 8:17 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

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

July 13, 2015 @ 2:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

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

June 30, 2015 @ 3:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

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

June 19, 2015 @ 3:32 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

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

May 4, 2015 @ 2:55 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

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

April 27, 2015 @ 1:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

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

April 20, 2015 @ 2:07 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

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

April 10, 2015 @ 10:28 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

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

April 3, 2015 @ 12:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

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

March 23, 2015 @ 7:07 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

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

March 23, 2015 @ 12:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

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

March 18, 2015 @ 12:55 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

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

March 9, 2015 @ 12:34 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

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

February 9, 2015 @ 7:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

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

December 19, 2014 @ 3:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

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

November 29, 2014 @ 8:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

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

November 24, 2014 @ 4:58 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

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

November 6, 2014 @ 3:39 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

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

October 16, 2014 @ 9:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

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

September 15, 2014 @ 8:55 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to give the world an inside look at the unaccredited teaching organization, Singularity University, a group of filmmakers have launched their own crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo for a new feature documentary, The University. According the campaign’s description, The University tells the story of the… Read More