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Sperm donor X

I've been writing and directing documentaries and dramas for 20 years now; many centering on women's lives. My life's goal is to create complex, realistic portraits that challenge mainstream stereotypes and work to improve lives.

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  1. 3 days ago
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    Kate Bornstein is a Queer & Pleasant Danger by sam feder

    This film is an intimate portrait of an artist whose work has given language and permission to thousands of people to live their lives.

    • 86% funded $17,209 pledged
    • 250 backers
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  2. on November 23, 2011
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    House Devil, Street Angel - A Personal Documentary Film by Fivel Rothberg

    This film addresses tough topics like abuse and mental illness through intimate storytelling. Please check it out!

    • 107% funded $6,967 pledged
    • 118 backers
    • Funded Nov 25, 2011
  3. on August 29, 2011
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    My Brooklyn by Kelly Anderson & Allison Lirish Dean

    MY BROOKLYN follows the filmmaker’s journey, as a Brooklyn “gentrifier,” to understand the forces dramatically reshaping New York City.

    • 103% funded $20,727 pledged
    • 313 backers
    • Funded Sep 03, 2011
  4. on July 8, 2011
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    Mr. Angel by Dan Hunt

    A provocative documentary chronicling the extraordinary life of transgender activist, educator and porn pioneer, Buck Angel. In post.

    • 163% funded $9,826 pledged
    • 160 backers
    • Funded Jul 10, 2011
  5. on October 4, 2010
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    Make "Us" happen - a short story about love & family told entirely with home movies by Natalia Babinski

    In "Us", we reexamine the familiar images of the “Happy Family,” to ask: What does a “Happy Family look like?"

    • 111% funded $3,555 pledged
    • 56 backers
    • Funded Oct 14, 2010
  6. on May 29, 2010
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    THAT'S WHAT SHE TOLD ME...A Short Film on the verge... by Kate Greer

    A NYC Artist is at her wits end when she accidentally summons The Ghost of Johnny Cash, who leads her to find the father she has never met.!

    • 105% funded $2,211 pledged
    • 34 backers
    • Funded Jun 29, 2010
  7. on May 6, 2010
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    Help put out new images of creating alternative family by backing SPERM DONOR X by Sperm donor X

    SPERM DONOR X is a personal documentary that follows four women on a journey they never imagined-- having kids solo using donor sperm.

    • 103% funded $3,115 pledged
    • 56 backers
    • Funded May 06, 2010
  8. on April 24, 2010
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  9. on February 6, 2010
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    Sperm donor X launched a project

    Help put out new images of creating alternative family by backing SPERM DONOR X by Sperm donor X

    SPERM DONOR X is a personal documentary that follows four women on a journey they never imagined-- having kids solo using donor sperm.

    • $3,000 funding goal
    • 05/06/2010 Funding Ended