HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO TO SAVE IT ALL?
OUR STORY
Yasuni Man is a feature documentary that will expose a geopolitical conflict raging deep in the Amazon. Conceptually, the story resembles a true-to-life cross between the documentary Crude and the blockbuster Avatar — and it’s unfolding now.
Ecuador’s Yasuni Man Biosphere Reserve is home to three indigenous tribes. For 6,000 years they have survived by hunting and foraging in Yasuni’s dense rainforest. Two of the tribes — the Tagaeri and Taromenane — live in total isolation and have no peaceful contact with the outside world. Members of the Waorani tribe were successfully contacted only 50 years ago. At the time, the Waorani had the highest homicide rate of any known society.
Yasuni is not only home to some of the world’s last remaining uncontacted people — it’s also the most biologically diverse place on Earth. The sheer number of mammal, bird and amphibian species is unmatched anywhere on the planet. More species of trees live in one acre of Yasuni than exist in all of North America.
The lush jungle landscape is one of Earth’s most magnificent, dangerous and least understood.
Beneath it all lie vast fields of oil.
Energy companies are drilling and laying pipelines across Yasuni — laying waste to the forest, devastating the wildlife, and stoking violent conflict among the tribes. Roads built to access the oil have opened the forest to illegal settlement. A logger was speared to death in 2008.
Last August, the United Nations and world leaders teamed up with the government of Ecuador and signed a pact to protect Yasuni. But the initiative is fraught with risk. Most recently, President Raphael Correa was nearly killed in a conflict with his own police force.
The story of Yasuni Man will be told through the eyes of three Waorani brothers — Otobo, Conan and Caija — fighting to protect their home, their community and their way of life. In stunning HD, you will experience close interactions with the embattled Waorani — and heart-stopping encounters with endangered and deadly animals. You will learn how energy corporations are laying waste at the edges of Earth’s unknown, unfit politicians failing to stop it.
As a wildlife filmmaker who’s developed programming for National Geographic and PBS, Ryan Killackey has logged thousands of hours tracking and documenting Ecuador’s beautiful and deadly wildlife. He’s one of the few people in the world to maintain contact with the indigenous Waorani.
Help me tell their story, and together we can save Yasuni.
THE IMPACT
Shot on location in the deep Amazon, Yasuni Man will shine a spotlight on a global conflict over oil, fought between corporations, politicians, and indigenous tribes. Audiences will witness the destructive consequences of fossil energy dependence. Through close-up encounters with a stunning array of wildlife, audiences will see first-hand what’s at risk in this conflict. By learning that they have a stake in the fragile new initiative to protect Yasuni, audiences will be empowered to help save Earth’s most magnificent space.
WHAT WE NEED
We need to raise $30,000 in initial funding to go to the Amazon and film the first sequence. We’ll use this footage approach large donors who can finance the rest of our budget, including post-production editing. The more we raise, the better our production. You decide how far we go for our preliminary shoot!
Your contributions will go directly toward purchasing gear, assembling the crew, and providing logistical support needed to begin filming.
Below is a detailed list of what your support will provide:
$20,000
Canon EOS 5D Mark II w/ 24-105mm f/4L USM AF Lens ($3,500)
Sony PMW-EX3 ($9,900)
Sony BPU-60 Battery ($250 X 4 = $1,000)
Sony SPB-32 32 GB SxS Cards (4 X $850 = $3,400)
Birns and Sawyer Shoulder Mount ($500)
Sony HXR-MC1 HD Camera ($2,500)
Sony NP-FH70 Battery for HXR-MC1 ($50 x 4 = $200)
$30,000
Round-trip flight from Washington, DC to Quito, Ecuador ($1,200)
Flights from Quito to Coca, Ecuador for the director, second camera person and sound technician ($300)
45 nights in Yasuni filming indigenous communities and dazzling wildlife ($4,000)
Bogen Tripod w/ Fluid Head ($3,000)
Indy Dolly ($2,000)
$40,000
Back Up Drives ($1,500 x 2 = $3,000)
Sony Port A Brace RS-EX3 Mini-DV Rain Slicker ($300)
Cartoni Mini Jib ($2,500)
SanDisk 8GB Compact Flash Cards ($70 x 6 = $420)
LitePanel Two Light Combo ($2,500)
DVLPKIRS Single LitePanels DV Infrared Kit ($1,200 x 2 = $2,400)
$50,000
Lowel DV Creator 55 Kit ($1,500)
Wendt Four Channel Field Mixer ($2000)
Lectrosonic Wireless Transmitters (1,400 x 2 = $2,800)
Lectrosonic Wireless Receivers ($1,900 x 2 = $3,800)
Tram Mics ($450 x 3 = $1,350)
K-Tek Boom Pole ($850)
Sennheiser Shock Mount, Shotgun Mic and Windscreen Kit ($550)
XLR Cable ($85)
Marantz Digital Recorder ($1,200)
$60,000
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM Lens ($1,250)
Canon Telephoto EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM AF ($2,500)
Impact DVS-WA45-30M 30mm .45x Wide Angle Lens ($50)
Canon MT-24EX Macro Twin Lite Ringlite Flash ($1,200)
Satellite phone ($600)
Vaccinations/Insurance - ($3,000)
$70,000
6 days lodging for film crew at Napo Wildife Center ($3,000)
6 days lodging for film crew at Tiputini Biological Station ($3,000)
6 days lodging for film crew at Catcholica Biological Station ($2,000)
6 days lodging for film crew at Sani Lodge ($2,000)
$80,000
Yasuni biological transect for 14 days with Dr. Morley Read, Dr. Terry Irwin, Tom Quesenberry and Domingo Gualinga.
2 day visit Pompeya market.
$90,000
Interviews with Ecuadorian politicians. ($2,800)
Room and board in Quito for 2 months. ($2,800)
Interviews with survivors of spearings in Esmeraldas Province. ($2,000)
Mac Book Pro ($2,300)
$100,000
Sigma 300-800mm f4.0 telephoto lens ($8,900)
OTHER WAYS YOU CAN HELP
1. SHARE this site message with your contacts and family. The more people watch the promo video and become a financial backer, the faster and better we can tell this story.
2. JOIN our online Facebook community at “Yasuni Man – The Film.” Through Facebook you’ll receive exclusive updates on the film as we make it, as well as access information about upcoming Yasuni Man events and media.
LINKS
Here are all of my web links for the film -
Vimeo - www.vimeo.com/user4719903 (3 films from Ecuador in full and Yasuni Man teaser trailer)
Facebook - www.facebook.com/pages/Yasuni-Man-The-Film/145887718777645...
Twitter - http://twitter.com/YasuniMan
My web site - www.renacuajoproductions.com
THANK YOU for your tremendous support!
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