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      Carlos Chavarin on December 14

      Good Luck! As the GLBT community becomes more mainstream, it's important to have every bit of our history documented.

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      Drew David on December 12

      I have heard of Chuck Jones but don't really know his whole story.This film will shed light on an interesting topic.

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      Kristin Ziegler on December 2

      Hoping to be able to slide some more money your way, this project -deserves- to be made!
      Best of luck!

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17 Backers

A sheet of four vintage Falcon Stickers! (increase your donation and we'll increase the amount!)

Estimated Delivery: Jan 2012

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A personal thank you from the director on Facebook wall, and the satisfaction that comes with making gay history a little bit sexier.

Estimated Delivery: Dec 2011

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A digital screener of SMUT CAPITAL OF AMERICA (our previous documentary) plus credit on the website and a note from Chuck on your Facebook page asking you to model for Falcon.

Estimated Delivery: Dec 2011

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A copy of "Seed Money" upon completion! (Also makes a great gift! Back us now and we'll send an online card to the recipient with the good news!)

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Screeners of both SMUT CAPITAL OF AMERICA and SEED MONEY (upon completion), with a personal note from the filmmakers, and a personal thank you from the director on Facebook.

Estimated Delivery: Sep 2012

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That cute FALCON T-SHIRT, with the "Seed Money" limited-edition with vintage 1980 Falcon logo

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A favor. Doesn't everyone love having someone who owes them a favor? That's me. Babysitting. Grocery running. Introductions. A couch to crash on. Oral sex. I owe you one favor, redeemable forever.

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FALCON FAN PACK! A limited-edition Seed Money t-shirt with the vintage Falcon log and a digital copy of Seed Money upon completion, and a pack of Falcon stickers!

Estimated Delivery: Sep 2012

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THE DO-GOODERS PACK! Screeners of SEED MONEY and SMUT CAPITAL OF AMERICA + an individual membership to the GLBT Historical Society + a personal thank you from the filmmakers

Estimated Delivery: Mar 2012

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THE PRODUCERS PACK! A signed, special Backers' Edition of SEED MONEY upon completion + a handwritten thank you note + invitation to premiere and after-party (travel not included) + a Special Thanks credit on IMDB

Estimated Delivery: Mar 2012

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SMUT LOVERS SPECIAL! A limited-edition signed copy of "Sex Ed: A Smut History of San Francisco" poster (at right) + a DVD of Falcon's historic "Other Side of Aspen" + The Producer's Pack

Estimated Delivery: Sep 2012

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FALCON FAN! A limited-edition signed copy of "Sex Ed: A Smut History of San Francisco" poster (at right) + a Falcon t-shirt + The Producer's Pack

Estimated Delivery: Sep 2012

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Associate Producer credit on SEED MONEY + lunch with the filmmakers in San Francisco + The Producer's Pack (above)

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Co-producer credit + the Producer's Pack + dinner with the filmmaker and possibly his hand in gay marriage.

Estimated Delivery: Sep 2012

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Michael Stabile is a journalist and filmmaker best-known for his work in and about the adult film industry. His work has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, the Huffington Post, LA Weekly, the Village Voice and the San Francisco Bay Guardian.

In 2011, Stabile, along with partners Ben Leon and Jack Shamama, produced SMUT CAPITAL OF AMERICA, a Kickstarter-funded documentary short about the birth of the porn industry in the late 60s. SMUT CAPITAL premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2011, won Best Documentary Short at NewFest, and inspired an an eight-week restrospective of vintage San Francisco 'smut' at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

SEED MONEY is the filmmakers' first documentary feature.

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