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Update #4: ESPN
Hello Kickstarter backers!
Long time, no comunicado. Sorry about that! Please join the facebook page for the film for more updates since I won't be using this much longer.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#!/pages/FIGHTING-IT/138302324751
We finally have finished the editing stage of the film. YAY! And now to do post. In the meantime, we are getting a very positive response from the fine cut and are praying we get into a good festival. Also, ESPN is doing a segment on Maureen Shea and is doing a companion piece on their website about our film, "Girl In The Ring." We are hoping to continue tying ourselves together with women's boxing and the premiere of the women's boxing team in the Olympics.
Again, a big thank you to everyone who has supported us all along the way. We have a short bit more to do to get there, but we definitely see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Best,
Jill
Update #3: EDITING>>> RE-SHOOTING
Hi Everyone,
Thanks so much for enabling me to move forward with this project. Award winning editor Tchavdar Gieorgev has added so much and has encouraged me to do more shooting in New York with each of the characters. Digging Deeper and Deeper.
Susan, Maureen, Kimberly and I will be doing a major photo shoot for the poster on Thursday night that will be videotaped. Because of the generosity of Paul O'Collitan, Evan Seplow, Jason Jaworski, Gary Lai, this has been made possible. Small but steady steps are being made to get there!
In a few months, we should have a very decent cut to show folks and garnering feedback.
Thanks for your support and interest!
Best,
Jill
Update #2: More than 50% FUNDED!!!
Thanks to you all for pledging to assist me to my goal!
As you know, I have never raised money this way and appreciate your generosity in spirit and encouragement.
I am confident that in 12 days, we will make our goal!
Best,
Jill
Update #1: 30% Funded!
Thanks to you all, in just 2 days, "Fighting It" is already 30% funded!
Woo Hoo!!!!
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Cubby Fitz on May 11, 2010
What you are doing is fabulous. I did some boxing in the 90's but was too old for the Golden Gloves.
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Alexandra van Dam on May 30, 2010
I am allso a boxer ,I box more then 12 years, I did 2 years muay thai. Now I am a powertrainer for the fighters! I am inspired by your stories and it sure hit me. Fighting sure is a way of living! And it got me to where I am now. Lots of succes with the last round of " Fighting it"
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Jill Morley is currently producing/directing Fighting It. By documenting five female boxers’ personal journeys, Fighting It investigates why we fight.
Jill’s critically acclaimed documentary film, STRIPPED, ran on the Sundance Channel and won “Best Documentary” at the Women’s International Film Festival in Sydney. Her most recent short, Eye Poppin’ made it’s World Premiere at the AFI Film Festival.
Heading the Paul Taylor Dance Company Video Archive project, Jill shot, edited, and directed the company’s repertoire for their video archive. She also worked with Michael Moore as a producer and correspondent for “The Awful Truth.”
Besides shooting for Discovery Channel, E! Entertainment, TLC and PBS, Jill enjoys shooting weddings, special events, and performances. (See Reel) She has recently done videos for Activision, Time Magazine, Gerber,Loreal, The U.S. Marine Corps, Broadridge, and Kiehls.
Jill is a tennis pro, has a black belt in Taekwondo, and is an active amateur boxer.
WRITING BIOGRAPHY
A contributing writer to The Village Voice, Bust Magazine, Freshyarn.com, The New York Press, Penthouse, Inside Kung Fu, Martial Arts and Combat Sports and Gear Magazine, Jill also co-produced/co-wrote two radio documentaries for “The World” and “This American Life,” which aired on NPR.
Morley wrote and performed the critically acclaimed play, “True Confessions of a Go-Go Girl.” It was produced in Manhattan for five years, San Francisco’s “Solo Mio Festival,” The “Texas Fringe Festival”, LA’s HBO Workspace, and opened Women’s History Month at NYU. “True Confessions” was made into a Lifetime Movie of the Week.
Jill is honored to have her monologues published in several monologue collections by Gerald Lee Ratliff along with Arthur Miller, Steve Martin, David Hare,and Wendy Wasserstein. Her short story, “Teaching Rose” was published in the collection by Russ Kick, Everything You Know About Sex is Wrong.
Jill also worked with Academy Award nominee Brazilian director, Bruno Barreto, revising dialogue on his film, Bus 174, based on the award winning documentary.
