About this project
Seven months ago, I went back to my hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio to make a motion picture about the aftermath of a young, affable black man's death and specifically the impact it had on a trio of his closest friends in the days before and after his funeral. We called it Pay to Park and through the collective generosity of our friends, acquaintances, family members and complete strangers my team and I were able to raise about a third of our $20,000 production budget for the film right here on Kickstarter. Now we're nearing completion of the film, which was shot in late August, early September and has been posting this fall in Queens, NY. Despite what was a remarkably smooth production given our aesthetic ambitions, financial constraints and lack of manpower, we must ask your help yet again.
Our production needs to raise more capital to finish the film properly. In order to get the film ready to play at elite film festivals, we must have the film professionally sound mixed, color corrected, and mastered to a proper screening format. Then, we must have enough money to submit it to festivals. Meanwhile, several of our equipment vendors and crew members, who unanimously provided gear or worked for little or nothing, must still be paid the significantly reduced rates they are owed. On top of all that, we must produce the gifts we've promised so many of our donors from our first (and now second) round of fundraising.
Included above is the trailer for our film, which we've decided to call Redlegs. For more information on the film, please visit the Redlegs Facebook Page. It's truly a labor of love, something myself and my collaborators have sacrificed greatly to bring to you. We look forward to the opportunity to share the entire piece with you very soon. Help make it a reality!
Sincerely,
Brandon Harris
Brooklyn, NY 12/6/10
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This project successfully raised its funding goal on January 5, 2011.
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The small burst of pleasure one gets from an act of charity and a bootlegged copy of my short films.
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A Pay to Park DVD, postcard, a gargantuan hug by the director at the occasion of our next encounter and a bag of Grippo's barbecue potato chips. They have MSG in them, but they're damn tasty.
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A Redlegs DVD, postcard, official movie poster signed by the director, the gargantuan hug previous mentioned and 5 packets of Cincinnati Style chili mix. Add ground beef, water, tomato paste. Mix, saute, boil, serve over spaghetti or hot dogs with copious amounts of cheese. Voila!
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A Pay to Park DVD, postcard, T-shirt or Trucker Hat (your choice), gargantuan hug and a bottle of Montgomery Inn BBQ Sauce and 2 racks of ribs from a small family farmer in your area of the country.
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A "Special Thanks" in the credits, A Redlegs signed poster, postcard, DVD, T-shirt or Trucker Hat, plus I will come to your home (wherever you live) sometime during the international festival run of our film and make you a delicious dinner (I'm an outstanding cook) with ingredients you choose that I will procure with my New York State food stamps. So please, if you live in California or Ohio, make sure the ingredients are non perishable! Oh, and we'll get to hang out and watch the movie.
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A bona fide "Executive Producer" credit, admittance to the World Premiere screening of the film at a major American film festival, a dinner with the director and stars at your discretion and every other item listed at the other pledge levels (postcard, T-shirt, DVD, Hat, Chips, Chili, Sauce, Ribs).
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Brandon Harris works in perhaps too many capacities in the world of American Independent Film as a critic and journalist, producer and director, screenwriter and educator, assistant director and editor. The Cincinnati, Ohio native and SUNY Purchase graduate is a Contributing Editor for Filmmaker Magazine and teaches part time at the New York Film Academy. You can catch his reviews and articles online at Hammer to Nail, SpoutBlog (before it died), National Board of Review of Motion Pictures (an organization he was dubiously kicked out of), In These Times Magazine (an organization that struggles to pay him) and over on his own site surveying New York City cinema culture, Cinema Echo Chamber.
In addition to his critical and journalistic writing, Brandon has directed several award winning short films including Happiness is no fun., a recipient of the 2005 National Board of Review student filmmaking grant and Evangeleo, which has screened at over a dozen film festivals worldwide including the 2007 Slamdance Film Festival and NewFest. His most recent film was 2008's Biospheres, a Jonathan Lethem adaptation starring You Won't Miss Me director Ry Russo-Young.
