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New Stills and the Home Stretch

Update #2 · Aug 7, 2012 · comment

Hey everyone,

We've been busy over this past weekend and have some cool things to show you. 

This is Thomas Fucaloro preaching his poems to an exploding congregation of nature. This one was filmed at the site of an abandoned monastery in Staten Island. The building itself was torn down unfortunately, but some of the remains were grown over to make this amazing location. The podium is still there for any poets looking for a pilgrimage. 

This is Jon Sands. He's staring at you. But in the context of the poem, 'you' are Andre 3000 and you and Jon Sands swap your deepest insecurities at Trader Joe's and Union Square Park. Yep, you gotta see this one.

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Alright folks, we're hitting the home stretch. We're at 44% of our goal as of this writing with only a week to go. That's $2,770, or $395 per day. It's a lot, but I think we can do it. We need to if we're going to keep making these videos. So please, if you haven't told your friends, tell your friends, and if you or anyone you know can give us a writeup or a tweet somewhere, that could really help us out. 

Thanks so much to all 59 of you who've helped out so far, you are each the bomb.

-Todd and Hannah

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