THE PITCH:

Cards Against a Wall, Memories of Shoeless Joe Jackson, Van Lingle Mungo and Bobo Newsom celebrates the lives of three of the greatest names in baseball.  They were not necessarily among the greatest players ever - but three with memorable names.  And all three of them were from South Carolina.

This not-for-profit documentary is based on the award winning story written by Alex Sanders in 2010.  Sanders was invited to read his story at the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Jackson, Mungo and Newsom all had very impressive careers in baseball and could have or should have made it into Cooperstown.  But there's more to this story, it's not just about three ballplayers - it goes beyond that.  It involves a liquor store, magician and a deck of cards, of course.  You have to see it to believe it.

THE 7th INNING STRETCH:

The film has been in production for the past year.  Start-up money has taken care of traveling around the state (Timmonsville, Hartsville, Pageland, Greenville) meeting and interviewing the ballplayers' family and friends, historians, experts, curators.  it was a joy to do this part.

We've relied on strong relationships with friends, fellow pros and students from all over.  We still have a long way to go to complete "Cards" and this is where you come in and help!  What we still need...

THE COUNT:

• Need to rent vintage baseball uniforms/shipping
• Rent venues for the baseball reenactments
• Super 8 film stock and processing (for reenactments)
• Rights for special photos and historical film footage
• Post production animation
• Closed Captioning for the film to air on SC-ETV
• Premiers in Charleston and the ballplayers' home towns
• Film Festival entry fees and hopefully travel to festivals

Please remember Kickstarter is all or nothing, if we do not hit the ball over the fence and meet our financial goal, no one is charged and we do not receive any funds, so please donate today and help make "Cards" the best it can be!