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      Lauri Tanner on October 30, 2011

      never mind ;-)
      just searched on twitter and found it!

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      Lauri Tanner on October 30, 2011

      Hi, just made a gift & posted some comments on your FB wall..
      Do you have a Twitter account? I don't see a link to it either on FB or here..
      Mucha suerte y saludos,
      Lauri

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      Richard Ray Perez and Molly O'Brien on October 27, 2011

      Thank you Betty & Maia. I'm feeling the love and support and I look forward to sendin you your special edition DVD!

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      Betty Bastidas on October 26, 2011

      Hey Rick - Sending you Love and Light with a pledge from me to you! DreamTown supports you man and really wants to see you finish this film! Can't wait to get my special edition DVD! :-) Keep on it! You can do it! I'm campaigning for you and spreading the word! - Maia Monasterios http://www.facebook.com/profile.php…

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      Mona Alvarado Frazier on September 26, 2011

      Hopeful and happy to see that over $6,000 raised within 24 hours. Adelante CLF!

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      Beverley Keefe on September 25, 2011

      Please support this great film!

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This project successfully raised its funding goal on November 24, 2011.

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You'll receive a special acknowledgement on the Cesar's Last Fast website home page, our sincerest appreciation, and all Kickstarter updates.

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You name will appear in the "Thank You" credits on DVD version of the film. You'll also receive a special acknowledgement on the Cesar's Last Fast website home page, our sincerest appreciation, and all Kickstarter updates.

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An 8"x10" original production photograph of one of the film's interviewees on the film set: Martin Sheen, Richard Chavez (Cesar's brother), Paul Chavez (Cesar's son), or UFW Co-Founder Dolores Huerta. All photographs are the work of artist Martin Cox and are signed by director Richard Ray Perez. You'll also receive all of the rewards for the $10 level.

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A special edition DVD of film, produced exclusively for Kickstarter donors, plus all of the above rewards.

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A special edition DVD with this personalized custom message: "This Edition Of Cesar's Last Fast Was Made Possible By The Generous Support From (your name here)." You'll also receive all of the above rewards and personal invitation to a premiere screening in Los Angeles with director Richard Ray Perez (travel and lodging not included)

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A case of Columbia Crest Wine - a long-standing UFW union-label winery, and all the other rewards listed above.

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Donating at this level will earn you an Associate Producer credit on the DVD and theatrical versions of the film. You will also receive all the other premiums listed above.

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Richard Ray Perez:
In addition to his work on Cesar’s Last Fast, Richard Ray Perez is the executive producer for the multi-platform documentary series, In Their Boots, a series about the impact the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are having on communities across America. The series was nominated for a 2009 International Documentary Association award for best single-subject documentary series, and began broadcasting on Public Television Stations across the U.S. in July, 2010.

Mr. Perez also produced and directed the seminal political documentary Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election, which The Los Angeles Times called “a riveting story about the undermining of democracy in America.” Unprecedented was an official selection at over 50 international film festivals, winner of nine festival awards and premiered on the Sundance Channel in 2004.

Molly O'Brien:
For her work in film and television, Molly O’Brien was short listed for the Academy Awards in 1998, awarded a prime time Emmy in 2000 for producing, nominated for a prime time Emmy in 2001 and made a Sundance Institute Producing Fellow in 2010.

Her non-profit collaborators have included Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council, American Civil Liberties Union, thebump.com and Los Angeles Philharmonic.

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