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Jessica Oreck

New York, NY

Jessica Oreck makes projects large and small that instill a sense of wonder and invite viewers to question their relationship with the natural world. Jessica’s award-winning first feature-length documentary, Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo, premiered at S... view more

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    For the Plasma by Bingham Bryant and Kyle Molzan

    In the middle of nowhere, two women juggle the threat of forest fires, the world market, Japanese investors, and each other.

    • 112% funded $13,495 pledged
    • 66 backers
    • Funded May 14, 2012
  2. FIGHT CHURCH by Daniel Junge & Bryan Storkel

    A Documentary exploring the world of MMA Fighting and Christianity. Directed by Oscar Winner Daniel Junge & Bryan Storkel.

    • 43% funded $12,904 pledged
    • 139 backers
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    Get GIMME THE LOOT to SXSW and ND/NF this Spring! by Natalie Difford

    When a rival gang buffs Malcolm and Sofia’s latest graffiti masterpiece with a replica of the NY Mets home-run apple, they’re determine

    • 106% funded $24,036 pledged
    • 289 backers
    • Funded Mar 19, 2012
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    "TCHOUPITOULAS" -- a new film by Bill & Turner Ross by the Ross Brothers & Co.

    Our new film is a story of 3 boys, one night in New Orleans, and MUSIC. But without the music cleared, we can't release it!

    • 147% funded $56,016 pledged
    • 723 backers
    • Funded Apr 15, 2012
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    LINX: the drinking straw construction game. by Patrick Martinez

    LINX: the drinking straw construction game.

    • 104% funded $31,435 pledged
    • 454 backers
    • Funded Mar 04, 2012
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    The Mystery of Marie Jocelyne by Dan Nuxoll & Martha Shane

    A suspense-filled documentary that investigates the alleged con artist and former film festival director Marie Castaldo.

    • 111% funded $25,545 pledged
    • 603 backers
    • Funded Feb 23, 2012
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    The Hundred Story House by Julia Marchesi

    A miniature lending library and public art installation intended for Brooklyn's Cobble Hill park.

    • 103% funded $13,501 pledged
    • 245 backers
    • Funded Mar 02, 2012
  8. ODDIO1 Cord-Free Shuffle Headphones by Jeremy Saxton & Jacob Hall

    ODDIO1 combines the iPod Shuffle with a great sounding pair of headphones to create the world’s coolest, simplest, cord-free experience

    Funding Unsuccessful (01/26/2012)
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    DELTA BOYS by Andrew Berends

    DELTA BOYS tells the untold stories of the militancy in the oil-rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria.

    • 108% funded $16,202 pledged
    • 184 backers
    • Funded Dec 17, 2011
  10. Baba Yaga: The Wild Witch of the East in Russian Fairy Tales by Martin Skoro

    A book project which will offer a collection of nearly 30 folktales, newly translated, extensive introduction, commentary and illust.

    Funding Unsuccessful (11/13/2011)
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    RIDE [short film] from the Archaeology of the Recent Future by Polina Malikin

    Summer in a small Midwestern town. An orphaned teenage girl approaches adulthood while her younger cousin considers adolescence.

    • 152% funded $3,820 pledged
    • 74 backers
    • Funded Sep 16, 2011
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    Vegucated Documentary by Marisa Miller Wolfson

    A documentary film that follows three people who, for six weeks, adopt a vegan diet and a whole new way of thinking about food.

    • 201% funded $40,356 pledged
    • 522 backers
    • Funded Aug 18, 2011
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    Imagined Family Heirlooms: An Archive of Inherited Fictions by Keliy Anderson-Staley

    Keliy Anderson-Staley combines new tintype portraits with found antique photos, letters and cloth to question how we create identities.

    • 146% funded $8,521 pledged
    • 110 backers
    • Funded Jul 28, 2011
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    Mathematician's Dice by Matt Chisholm

    Rather than the boring numbers 1 to 6, these dice have the six most important numbers in mathematics on them — i, 0, 1, φ, e and π!

    • 891% funded $19,620 pledged
    • 1,228 backers
    • Funded Feb 23, 2011
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    Portable Landscape by Joianne Bittle

    "Preserving Mass Extinction: A Portable Landscape" is an artwork installation in a cargo trailer about the Permian Basin of Southwest Texas.

    • 107% funded $3,775 pledged
    • 49 backers
    • Funded Sep 10, 2010
  16. Ruchiki by Matt Paley

    A 15 year old Canadian girl. A Japanese popstar. The most sadistic reality TV show in history. Ruchiki. A film by Matt Paley & Peter Warren.

    Funding Unsuccessful (06/04/2010)
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    The Oldest Living Things in the World by rachel sussman

    I'm researching, working with biologists, and traveling all over the world to find & photograph continuously living organisms 2,000 years old or older

    • 118% funded $11,893 pledged
    • 205 backers
    • Funded Jun 20, 2010
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    TRUCK FARM! a wicked delicate film and food project by Curt Ellis and Ian Cheney

    Help the co-creators of King Corn finish their new documentary about an old pickup, a big city, and America's urban farming revolution. Click here.

    • 101% funded $15,241 pledged
    • 182 backers
    • Funded Jun 10, 2010
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    BAD FEVER by Dustin Guy Defa

    BAD FEVER is a feature film starring Kentucker Audley & Eléonore Henrdicks, now seeking funds for post-production. PLEASE HELP US FINISH OUR FILM!

    • 105% funded $5,280 pledged
    • 91 backers
    • Funded Apr 19, 2010
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    SUNDOWNING - the debut feature film by Frank Rinaldi by Stephanie Bousley and Frank Rinaldi

    'Sundowning' is a coming-of-age story and character study that examines two years in the life of Shannon Fitzpatrick, a 24-year-old with dementia.

    • 116% funded $6,096 pledged
    • 58 backers
    • Funded Apr 10, 2010