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Anne Aghion

New York, NY

Anne Aghion's work as a filmmaker has brought her to Rwanda for over a decade. Her GACACA FILMS, a series of three one-hours and the feature film MY NEIGHBOR MY KILLER have earned her numerous honors, among them an Emmy Award, UNESCO Fellini Prize, a... view more

  1. The Bosnia Book Project. Bosnia 1992 - 95 by Gary Knight

    A book of photographs and written essays by over 50 of the photographers and writers who covered the war in Bosnia

    • 131% funded $23,406 pledged
    • 173 backers
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    An Encounter with Simone Weil by Julia Haslett

    An emotionally powerful new documentary about thinker, activist, mystic, Simone Weil––a young woman willing to die for her convictions.

    • 133% funded $20,077 pledged
    • 247 backers
    • Funded Mar 17, 2012
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    Heart Grenade by Hanul Bahm

    HEART GRENADE (16mm color) is a hybrid narrative / dance CalArts MFA thesis film. Dir. Hanul Bahm. Executive Producer: Guy Maddin.

    • 102% funded $5,730 pledged
    • 31 backers
    • Funded Feb 06, 2012
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    Help put When the Drum is Beating in Theaters and on TV by Whitney Dow

    Help ensure the award winning film When the Drum is Beating is distributed to the world.

    • 101% funded $65,749 pledged
    • 361 backers
    • Funded Dec 05, 2011
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    RICKY on LEACOCK a documentary by Jane Weiner by Ricky On Leacock

    A new documentary film by Jane Weiner on the legendary documentary film pioneer, Ricky Leacock.

    • 104% funded $26,200 pledged
    • 295 backers
    • Funded Jan 01, 2012
  6. Project Eco ROVER: Tomorrow's Classroom by Andrew Podoll

    Discover hands-on science education aboard the R.O.V.E.R., a Repurposed Outreach Vehicle for Education and Research.

    Funding Unsuccessful (12/28/2011)
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    The Happy Film by The Happy Film

    The Happy Film is a documentary in which designer Stefan Sagmeister conducts a series of self-experiments to test his happiness.

    • 110% funded $55,336 pledged
    • 661 backers
    • Funded Oct 16, 2011
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    UnionDocs has a 10 year lease. Now we need the basics. by UnionDocs Center for Documentary Art

    UnionDocs Center for Documentary Art has just secured it's space for 10 years. It is time now to make important renovations & changes.

    • 108% funded $13,004 pledged
    • 212 backers
    • Funded Oct 16, 2011
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    HIGHWAY by Deepak Rauniyar

    Five different relationship stories become connected during an ill-fated bus journey from eastern Nepal to the capital, Kathmandu.

    • 112% funded $33,647 pledged
    • 240 backers
    • Funded Nov 09, 2011
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    The Thick Dark Fog by Randy Vasquez

    A Lakota child attended a government boarding school where his Native identity was suppressed. Now he's reclaiming all that he lost.

    • 116% funded $17,448 pledged
    • 213 backers
    • Funded Sep 01, 2011
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    Martin Luther King Jr. In Palestine by Connie Field

    African-American gospel choir and Palestinian actors journey across the Holy Land amid a rising tide of non-violent struggle for change

    • 103% funded $30,961 pledged
    • 355 backers
    • Funded Aug 27, 2011
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    On the Ice: The Movie by Andrew Okpeaha MacLean

    Friendship, murder, and deceit in the Arctic – On the Ice is the first Alaskan feature by an Inuit director + entirely Inuit cast.

    • 107% funded $85,690 pledged
    • 840 backers
    • Funded Sep 08, 2011
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    I Am Secretly An Important Man - theatrical distribution by Pete Sillen

    I Am Secretly An Important Man is a documentary film about Seattle writer, Jesse Bernstein.

    • 116% funded $7,545 pledged
    • 123 backers
    • Funded Aug 10, 2011
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    The Penance of the Eagle by Mark Daniels

    A spiritual quest brings a musician face to face with America's most brutal social failure. A documentary about destiny and identity.

    • 103% funded $15,270 pledged
    • 65 backers
    • Funded Jul 29, 2011
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    MY REINCARNATION by Jennifer Fox

    Be the CATALYST. Spread MY REINCARNATION, an epic documentary about spirituality, family and destiny...

    • 300% funded $150,456 pledged
    • 518 backers
    • Funded May 28, 2011
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    Granito: How to Nail a Dictator by Skylight Pictures

    We're making an independent Oscar run with our documentary film Granito to reach millions with its message of social justice. Join us!

    • 106% funded $37,400 pledged
    • 346 backers
    • Funded Mar 24, 2011
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    Minka: a documentary about a farmhouse in Japan by Davina Pardo

    MINKA is a film about place and memory, a farmhouse in Japan, and the lives of the people who called it home.

    • 202% funded $20,281 pledged
    • 205 backers
    • Funded Dec 01, 2010