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Cheryl Dunn

New York, NY

Cheryl Dunn is a filmmaker and photographer based in New York City. Her films have played at numerous film festivals including Tribeca, Edinburgh, Rotterdam, Los Angeles and Havana, and on PBS. Her work has been exhibited in various galleries and... view more

  1. on March 6
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    The Commentator by Brendt Barbur

    We'll follow Jorgen Leth, director of A Sunday in Hell, during the 2012 Paris Roubaix. A grueling bike race his film helped popularize.

    • 110% funded $29,762 pledged
    • 531 backers
    • Funded Mar 23, 2012
  2. on February 20
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    Cheryl Dunn
    Posted project update #13

    Update

    Hey Everybody Street Backers,

    We just wanted to let you know that we haven't forgotten you. In addition to being busy filming additional segments and spending time in the cutting room, we've been designing t-shirts and posters, printing production stills and making arrangements for walking tours and skype sessions. We will be reaching out to you all very soon for delivery details and with updates on the film. Stay tuned.

    Thanks, as always, for your continued support.

    Cheryl

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        Dabbie Mania on May 7

        Any update?

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        JayBo on May 10

        UPDATE!!!!!!

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        Robert Kelly on May 17

        Hi Cheryl, any news that you can share?
        Bob


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  3. on December 6
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    The New Yorkers by Robert Herman

    A photography book project by Robert Herman

    • 140% funded $10,559 pledged
    • 137 backers
    • Funded Dec 20, 2011
  4. on November 28
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    Cheryl Dunn
    Posted project update #12

    Next steps

    Dear Everybody Street Backers,

    Thanks to you all we are able to continue with the project, filming additional segments  and extending our time in the cutting room. We're finishing up the Kickstarter logistics and will start scheduling delivery of the various rewards. Stay tuned for updates on all things Everybody Street and, again, THANK YOU!

    Sincerely,

    Cheryl and the Everybody Street team

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  5. on November 24, 2011
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    The Bullfighter: Doc about 70's Chicago Bull, Norm Van Lier by Heidi Van Lier & Sean Meredith

    Killer on the court, outspoken critic of the team he loved, he lived a life of anguish and died before he found redemption.

    Funding Unsuccessful (12/18/2011)
  6. on November 24, 2011
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    Slake: Los Angeles—Dirt, the Fourth Issue by Laurie Ochoa & Joe Donnelly

    The new city journal revitalizing literary LA with its devotion to narrative journalism, fiction, poetry, photography and art.

    • 106% funded $26,523 pledged
    • 283 backers
    • Funded Dec 25, 2011
  7. on November 19, 2011
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    Everybody Street by Cheryl Dunn

    “Everybody Street" captures the visceral rush of being a NYC street photographer, from the masters who are the history of the medium.

    • 100% funded $45,134 pledged
    • 399 backers
    • Funded Nov 19, 2011
  8. on November 18, 2011
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    Cheryl Dunn
    Posted project update #11

    14 HOURS TO GO

    Home stretch Red Alert!!! New Pledge Offer: For 200 bucks you get a 3 hour walking tour of NYC with me and the infamous RICKY POWELL, including pit stops for snacks and drinks.
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        Gabi Helfert on November 19, 2011

        Wow - you made it! I was already fearing that this wouldn't come through. Congratulations! I am so excited!

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        chris mosier on November 20, 2011

        yew and right arm!!

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        Thomas Long on November 20, 2011

        Can I still Pledge $200 so I can go on the 3 hour walking tour? What kind of Camera does Cheryl Dunn and the other street Photographers use?


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  9. on November 17, 2011
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    Cheryl Dunn
    Posted project update #10

    Rare opportunity to own a piece of art history...

    I am so happy to be able to say that we are offering a print of Boogie's beautiful photo through this Kickstarter campaign. This is an incredible piece and a rare opportunity. You can own a part of New York history AND contribute to the film at the same time by pledging through our incentives on our main page.

    'MEMBER OF THE BLOODS IN THE PROJECTS' 

    Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, 2005
    20x24inch, silver gelatin. framed. 

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        Penelope Gil on November 18, 2011

        GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SHIIIRRRRKKKYYYYY!!!!!!!!


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  10. on November 15, 2011
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    Cheryl Dunn
    Posted project update #9

    Jamel Shabazz

    Jamel Shabazz grew up in the Red Hook housing projects, Brooklyn. He is a sharp dresser and has spent a lifetime studying body language. After giving a number of youthful years to the US army he returned to New York with a mission to document his life. He is a sincere man and uses his pictures to aid young people in choosing a healthy life path. This is one story that I really love – only a man like Jamel could pull this off:

    “My projects on prostitution were designed to gather as much information as I could from prostitutes to take to local high schools and encourage young girls not to go down that route. So in a sense I became a street teacher. I was on Delancey Street in the Lower East Side, and I saw a prostitute performing a sex act on a religious figure and I shot it without asking. She started screaming and the customer ran off without paying so her screams summoned her pimp.
    I said, ‘With all due respect, before you attack me, let me explain what I did and why I did it.’
    I explained and he said, ‘You know what?
    I respect you. From this point on you have my permission to come out here anytime and shoot.’ After that, I spent 10 years documenting prostitution on the Lower East Side.”

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