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Update #10: THANK YOU!
We did it! No, YOU did it!! With your generous support we reached our $10,000 pledge goal. We even met it with a couple days to spare. One reason why our campaign succeeded was because you told your friends about the film. And your friends told their friends.
Your support has covered the cost of airfare for the Meerkat production crew to travel to Serbia, with a little left over to go towards our homestays in Guča.
We have a long road ahead of us - hundreds of hours editing, marketing campaigns, more fundraising, etc., etc. But we couldn't be more excited about each step to completion. If you liked the trailer we promise you'll love the finished film!
Check our website often for updates and news from Guča - www.brasslands.com. And keep spreading the word. Thanks again for your support!
Update #9: Party/Fundraiser TONIGHT
This Thursday, July 1st (TODAY), we'd be honored if you'd join us and friends at Pacific Standard in Park Slope, Brooklyn, to help drink our way to financial and filmic success. A percentage of the proceeds at the bar will go towards our production costs, so you'll know the dollars you already throw at this city on a regular basis will now be funding a worthwhile cause!
We will be screening a new, never-before-seen trailer of the film, selling our hot new Meerkat Media t-shirts and baked goods to make your stomach say "thank God there's something other than alcohol in me."
Come say hi, watch the trailer, and have a drink or seven!
Where:
Pacific Standard
82 4th Ave. (4th and St. Marks)
Brooklyn
When:
Thursday, July 1st
7:00PM - they kick us out
Update #8: Music Provided by:
We have been hard at work making arrangements to meet, interview and film a handful of Balkan bands with international recognition. These bands will be headlining shows at the Guca stadium, the largest festival venue that accommodates 10,000's of screaming fans.
Of the four bands we've been talking to, only one is a traditional Balkan brass band. How far will this year's festival stray from it's roots? We will soon find out. . .
Kal (Serbia): http://www.youtube.com/watch...
Magnifico (Slovenia): http://www.youtube.com/watch...
Dejan Petrovic (Serbia): http://www.youtube.com/watch...
Shantel & Bucovina Club Orkestar (Germany): http://www.youtube.com/watch...
Take a listen to the German-born, Balkan-influenced powerhouse Shantel & Bucovina Club Orkestra
Update #7: Project of the Day!
Brasslands has the distinction of being picked Kickstarter Project of the Day! This is very exciting because there are hundreds of quality projects the folks at Kickstarter have to chosen from. . .and they picked us!
Check out the Kickstarter homepage and thanks again for your support! We couldn't have done this without YOU.
Adam
Update #6: Featured in indieWIRE Magazine!
We are proud to announce that we've been featured in indieWIRE magazine, one of the top sources for independent film news and buzz. Each week, they feature a select few of their favorite upcoming films - Brasslands recently caught their attention!
indieWIRE is a fantastic publication to be noticed by: it was lauded as a "must read" by Variety, branded the "online heartbeat of the world's independent film community" by Forbes, dubbed "best indie crossroads" by film critic Roger Ebert, and Entertainment Weekly writes that "the straightforward no-nonsense reporting most sites lack can be found here in abundance."
Check out the article on Brasslands here:
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This project successfully raised its funding goal on July 4, 2010.
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Autographed DVD and limited edition Brasslands T-shirt
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Autographed DVD, Autographed Zlatne Uste CD (Do Zore), T-shirt, postcard from Serbia, and 'Thank You' in film credits
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3x DVD's autographed by the filmmakers, T-shirt, Zlatne Uste CD, postcard from Serbia, bottle of eight year-old Navip Slivovitz, and 'Thank You' in credits
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Dinner for two with bottle of Pro Corde Vranac at Kafana, New York's best Serbian restaurant, the DVD autographed by all of the filmmakers, T-shirt with Brasslands graphic from trailer, postcard from a Serbian trumpeter, and mention in credits
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3x DVD's, 3x T-shirts, name in film under "Support provided by" credits, and 2x VIP tickets to the 2011 Golden Festival
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The Stakeholder: two tickets to the world premier of Brasslands (including airfare), “Support provided by" credit, plus DVD’s, T-shirts, postcards
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The Meerkat Media Collective is a self-organized community of makers committed to creating innovative and thought-provoking films through shared authorship and consensus process. Since 2005, the collective has produced and distributed over twenty short films and two features. Their first feature documentary, Stages (2009), won Best Documentary and Audience Award at the HBO New York International Latino Film Festival, their short Brooklyn Boondoggle won Best Documentary of the 2009 Red Hook International Film Festival and How Wal-Mart Came to Haslett and Every Third Bite were both featured in Art's Engine's Media That Matters Film Festival.
