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Update #8: On to the next one
Hello all. We'd like to sincerely thank everyone who donated, posted the link, or mentioned our project to a friend, family member or foe. Obviously we did not reach our documentary fundraising goal but rest assured we are continuing on with this project. We're currently exploring all sorts of new possibilities of how to move forward and to help spread the message of grass-fed cows, ethically grown food, and of course fantastic delicious cheese.
Thank you all again from the bottom of our pea-pickin' hearts.
Your friends,
Milk Products Media
Todd Tue
Jon Stuyvesant
and
The Nolan Family
Update #7: 11TH HOUR!
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THANKS EVERYONE FOR ALL THE SUPPORT - IT HAS MEANT A LOT TO US AND THE NOLAN FAMILY.
IT MAY TAKE A MIRACLE FOR US TO REACH OUR GOAL, BUT MY FAVORITE MOVIE IS DIE HARD SO I WOULD LIKE TO SUMMON THE SPIRIT OF BRUCE WILLIS FOR THIS FINAL RALLY.
*THIS IS THE SCENE IN THE MOVIE WHERE EVERYONE TAKES A RUNNING LEAP OFF AN EXPLODING BUILDING OF CHEESE!
PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT OUR PROJECT VIA YOUR TWITTER, FACEBOOK, AND BLOGS SO WE CAN SAY THAT WE GAVE IT ALL WE GOT.
https://twitter.com/grasstocheese
http://sw-ke.facebook.com/pages/Chicago-IL/Milk-Products-Media/60101451790
AGAIN THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT
Jon Stuyvesant
www.milkproductsmedia.com
From Grass to Cheese: Associate Producer
Update #6: Podcast Interview with the Nolan Family
First off - its unbelievable we have 107 backers and counting! This amount of support for our "cheesy" movie is overwhelming. We are incredibly grateful for all your support. We also wanted to let people know that they can listen to a great interview with Celeste Nolan on the Cheeseslave blog. This is a great opportunity to hear some inspiring words from Celeste and gain a little insight about the farm.
Listen to podcast by clicking here: Cheeseslave Podcast
ONLY 4 DAYS LEFT!
Please keep spreading the word via Twitter, Facebook, and any other new fangled internet devices you might have.
https://twitter.com/grasstocheese
http://sw-ke.facebook.com/milkproducts
Many Thanks
The Cheese Team
Update #5: Dear generous folks.
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Posted on April 12, 2010
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Update #4: Fundraising Update
We are at 28% which is great! Thanks so much for all your support. Here is a friendly little thank you video and please remember to share our project with others - we still have a long way to go and there is only 11 days left. Please email this link to your friends and/or post it to your facebook: http://www.tinyurl.com/grasstocheese
THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY CHEESY HEART!!
Todd
Update #3: Candlercast Interview: Making a cheesy movie
Jon Poritsky, film critic and creator of The Candler Blog, talks to Todd about how From Grass to Cheese can benefit from sites like Kickstarter and also examines how movies about cows are the next internet sensation.
Update #2: Swell music
Hey all,
So far everything's been pretty incredible. We'll definitely soon be addressing all the fantastic blogs and online sources that are helping us to spread the good word but real quick we wanted to mention the really swell music that was donated to be used in the short.
The first two songs are from the incredibly talented Chris Bathgate based out of Ypsilanti, MI
and the closing song is from Chicago's own Outlaw Family Band
Big big thanks to both for letting us use their music. Stop by their pages and tell them hello and thanks and then buy one of their records, you'll be happy about it.
Update #1: WEEK 1: Making Cheese Fans
We are super excited to start week one of our Kickstarter campaign. Here is a new interview done by Midwest Media Now with Todd Tue the director of From Grass to Cheese. Give it a listen - Todd has a very sultry voice.
Thank you all for your initial support and please keep sending out our Kickstarter link.
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This project reached the deadline without achieving its funding goal on April 24, 2010.
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TODD TUE - DIRECTOR
While growing up in the countryside of Southeastern Michigan I developed a strong affinity towards the traditions and culture of American rural communities. I have also always been interested in various forms of storytelling and specifically the storytelling crafted in traditional American folk and country music. The music that these songwriters created was really a love letter to the land they lived on and the fruits of hard labor, and most importantly how those notions were intertwined.
In 2008, I started to explore my family's southern lineage and my love of southern tradition, by co-producing/editing a documentary film called Seven Signs: Music, Myth & The American South. The film focused on the marginalization of traditional life, art, and work in The South and shows how the alt-country music scene has helped bring a focus back to this diminishing way of life. This project really gave me a better understanding of how I can use filmmaking to shed light on these American communities that are dwindling. As society tends to distance itself more and more from traditional rural America I feel an urgency to share the stories of these communities, these families and our friends so we don't lose these threads that helped to build our unique national identity.
The Nolan family farm does not just make cheese, it is a place that combines life with livelihood and exhibits the long-standing tradition of a commitment towards community building. That is what I hope to capture with this film, the story of a family working together, bettering themselves, and bettering the community at large by providing ethically produced food.
COMPANY BIO
I am one of the co-creators of Milk Products Media, a production company specializing in creative documentaries music videos, and new media. Our goal is always to tell a good story and we love exploring ways of marrying music and images together in new ways.
