WHO ARE WE?

WHY ARE WE THE WAY WE ARE?

If we want our children to know their history, we have to teach them ourselves. If we want our story told accurately, we have to tell it ourselves.

(To view The Hayti Short, please visit film site, www.haytitheheritagemovie.com)

                 Please Support This Film. 

This is an all or nothing funding effort. Should we not reach our $50K goal, all donations are returned and we receive nothing. Become " Part of the Legacy".  Help us make this happen.

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS:

        Kelvin D. Allen            Jaisun G. McMillian          Victor R. Stone

Our Mission

The purpose of this film is to create a historical reference that can be used as a educational resource in after school programs; computer based lab studies; Saturday academies and summer youth enrichment programs.

Current generations will participate in project based learning and digital multimedia to preserve relevant historic information. We will use comparisons "then and now" to financial literacy and 'then and now" entrepreneurial studies.
n the early twentieth century,

The Legacy of "Black Wall Street"

Parrish Street in Durham, North Carolina, was a national symbol of Black progress. The Black Financial district in Durham four blocks of economic power located in predominately White, downtown Durham. It was known as “Black Wall Street” . Hayti, Durham’s primary African-American residential district, was the core of Black life in Durham.

Over 200 Black-owned and operated business existed in  Durham’s black business district. W.E.B. DuBois, upon visiting Durham in the early 1900’s, reflected in his writings on the uniquely tolerant relationship between Blacks and Whites. Some of the richest Blacks in America at the time, lived in Durham.  There are valuable lessons to be learned from their experiences, for the benefit of generations to come.

In an effort to define The Legacy of Black America, we chose as a model, the Black Durham Experience in the city’s first 100 years. With the help of local historians, oral histories and historic archives, we are hard at work creating what we hope will serve as an educational reference and social cultural history resource. This is not just kicking up the dirt where a community once stood. Our film is about the historic upbuilding of this remarkable community, the destruction and the spirit of Hayti that lives on today.                             

Distribution

The Film will be distributed in a DVD set of (4) 1 hour segments.

• Slavery - Emancipation - Reconstruction (1850 – 1900)
• Segregation - Jim Crow South (1900 – 1952)
• Desegregation - Civil Rights - Urban Renewal (1952 – 1969)
• The Hip-Hop Society, Now and Beyond (1969 - 2012)  

Thank all of you in advance for your support of this important mission!

How Do We Plan To Produce a 4-Hr. Documentary on a $50K Budget?

Over the past 2 ½ years we have researched and analyzed all aspects of this project. We have collectively contributed over 1000 hours to the concept, development and pre-production phase.

We received a small grant from the North Carolina Humanities Council to create dialogue and solicit feedback from the community. We received considerable encouragement for our efforts. It was evident by the outpouring of positive feedback that people recognized the need to document this important history. We incorporated many of their suggestions into subsequent revisions.

In keeping with the concept of being the “guardians of our own history”. we will be true to history in the telling of our own story through our own eyes.  We are committed to investing the time required to achieve a quality production.

PRODUCTION TIME BREAKDOWN

• Work sessions to complete documentary script outline: 36 hours

• Shooting additional raw footage interviews and b-roll: 100 hours

• Archiving all footage on hard drive: 15 hours

• Transcribing all additional interviews: 120 hours

• Writing narratives with revisions: 80 hours

• Researching additional archival footage/photographs: 120 hours

• Editing 4-hour documentary: 180 hours

• Design of Packaging:16 hours

• Music production. Arrangement of hymns or original music; 100 hours

• Miscellaneous hours:75 hours

• In-Kind hours to Date: 1246 hours

• Additional In-Kind hours to complete: 759 hours
  TOTAL HOURS = 2005
  @ $65 PER HOUR = $130,325.00 (WE WILL INVEST IN-KIND)

  WHAT WILL YOUR DONATIONS BE USED FOR?

  Your donations will help complete this film. Expenses include, travel, transportation, food, additional equipment rentals, additional crew, 2 additional voice talents, duplication of DVD sets, mastering film and music, additional sound design & foley sound, licensing and purchase of archival footage.

  A music soundtrack will be composed and/or arranged exclusively for this film. Donations will help cover production costs. For more information please visit www.haytitheheritagemovie.com 

Upon completion, the film will become a vital part of our community outreach and Sister-City initiative. There other cities around the country with similar experiences to Hayti. There are children in those cities who need to know their history.

Help Us Succeed As Stalwart Guardians of Our Own History!

What happens if we don't reach our goal?

If we don’t reach our goal, we don’t get the money.  We Can't Let That Happen! If you would like to increase your donation, simply click the "Manage My Donation" button.

What happens if we exceed our goal?

Should we receive more than our projected goal, additional funds will be used to produce and distribute more DVD sets to schools and to fund youth empowerment and entrepreneurial workshops around the country.

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Everything you do to help this project succeed will be sincerely appreciated! Please review our Reward Levels to the right > (Feel free to contact us with any questions about international fees)  You can be assured that many deserving young people will benefit from your support.

What will we do now after celebrating Black History for one Month, Hibernate until next February? This film can easily be utilized in part or whole for family mentoring, youth enrichment programs and activities 365 days a year. Our social and familial history should be at the fiber of our children's everyday lives and personal development.

PRODUCERS CONDUCT PROJECT-BASED WORKSHOPS.

CORPORATE AND COMMUNITY GATHERINGS TO ENCOURAGE DIALOGUE.

  FILMMAKERS VICTOR STONE AND DAVID KASPER

Victor Stone is our Cinematographer, Director and Editor. Academy Award winning filmmaker David Kasper is a production consultant on The Hayti Project.

Students Sheila Huggins and Meral Agish interview session for CHG/Duke Center for Documentary Studies Workshop.