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Funding Successful

This project successfully raised its funding goal on November 11, 2011.

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105 Backers

(GET A THANK YOU AND A SHORT) You get the filmmakers’ sincere gratitude and a thank you on our website, once it’s up. And a digital download of THROUGH THE ICE, Jennie Livingston's other meditation on impermanence, shot in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, shown on WNET, and screened at Sundance in 2006.

Estimated Delivery: Jan 2012

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97 Backers

(GET THE POSTER AND TWO SHORTS + A THANK YOU) You get a copy of the poster when the film launches plus a thank you on the website. Plus digital downloads of THROUGH THE ICE and HOTHEADS, Livingston's digital short about fighting violence with humor, shot in New York and featuring cartoonist Diane Dimassa and comedian Reno, shown on MTV and at Lincoln Center.

Estimated Delivery: Dec 2011

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86 Backers

(GET THE DVD + MORE) Get a DVD of EARTH CAMP ONE when it's completed, plus digital downloads of THROUGH THE ICE and HOTHEADS, plus the EARTH CAMP ONE poster, plus a thank you on the website.

Estimated Delivery: Jan 2012

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10 Backers • Limited Reward (10 of 20 remaining)

(DVD + DOWNLOADS + THANK YOU NOTE WITH SMALL DRAWING) Everything in the $50 category plus a hand-written thank you note with a small drawing on it of an image from the film's animation storyboards -- you choose the afterlife!

Estimated Delivery: Feb 2012

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84 Backers

(BE PART OF THE FILM CREDITS + MORE) You get a copy of the EARTH CAMP ONE DVD upon its completion, the downloads of THROUGH THE ICE and HOTHEADS, the poster, and a personal thank you phone call from Jennie, plus a thank you on the website. AND you get a “thank you” SCREEN CREDIT. That means, when the film plays at theaters, or on television, your family, friends, exes, and rivals (or anyone else you'd like to impress) will be able to see your name on the credit “crawl” along with the film’s other supporters, creatives, and crew.

Estimated Delivery: Jan 2012

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30 Backers

(GET A SIGNED PARIS DVD + A BIGGER SCREEN CREDIT + MORE) You get everything in the category above, plus a signed DVD of PARIS IS BURNING. Plus your name on the credits "crawl" will occur under “special thanks.”

Estimated Delivery: Jan 2012

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9 Backers

(GET THE COMPLETE WORKS + SCREEN CREDIT) You get everything above, plus the complete set of DVDs of Jennie’s festival hit shorts, including the sex comedy WHO'S THE TOP? featuring Marin Hinkle, Shelly Mars, Brigitte Bako, Steve Buscemi, and 24 dancers; THROUGH THE ICE, and HOTHEADS.

Estimated Delivery: Jan 2012

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(FOR FILMMAKERS AND PRODUCERS:CREATIVE CONSULT) 1 hour consultation + up to 2 hours of material review with an award-winning documentary and fiction filmmaker. Want your proposal read? Your rough cut reviewed? Want to talk about structure, meaning, funding for your nonfiction or fiction project? An opportunity to help both EARTH CAMP ONE and your own current project. Limited to discussing a project at the idea stage, to scripts 120 pages and under, and to rough cuts or sample footage 1.5 hours and under. Includes "special thanks" screen credit.

Estimated Delivery: Jan 2012

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3 Backers

(GET THE COMPLETE WORKS AND A VERY BIG SCREEN CREDIT -- SIZE DOES MATTER!) You get everything in the $500 package, plus a “very special thanks” credit on the big screen during the credits "crawl."

Estimated Delivery: Jan 2012

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(BE A PART OF IT!) Be an extra in a shoot we’re planning where a group of protesters petitions Death to make everyone immortal. (Yes it’s goofy, very goofy. You will have to carry a fake protest sign and chant.) Also includes EARTH CAMP ONE and signed PARIS IS BURNING DVDs and "very special thanks" screen and website credit. Plus a special thank you and acknowledgment on set.

Estimated Delivery: Mar 2012

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0 Backers • Limited Reward (5 of 5 remaining)

(MEET THE FILMMAKER ONE-ON-ONE IN HER HABITAT) Jennie will have lunch or coffee with you in Brooklyn or Manhattan, or take you on a walking tour of her favorite corners of Prospect Park, Brooklyn, with her assistant, Noodles the Labradoodle. Conversation topics can include film and filmmaking, the nature of impermanence, and curious canine habits.; lunch or dog treats not included. Also includes EARTH CAMP ONE and PARIS DVDs, and "very special thanks" web and screen credit.

Estimated Delivery: Jan 2012

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(AN ORIGINAL PARIS IS BURNING RELEASE POSTER, SIGNED + LOTS OF OTHER STUFF + SCREEN CREDIT) You get everything in the 1000 category plus a signed poster of PARIS IS BURNING. That’s right, an original poster from the film’s 1991 release! A collector’s item available only HERE.

Estimated Delivery: Jan 2012

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(OWN AN ORIGINAL DRAWING FROM EARTH CAMP ONE'S ANIMATED SEQUENCES) Choose from one of hundreds of cool original drawings - all about different conceptions of the afterlife. Different styles, different afterlives: from hell to paradise to rebirth to cellular regeneration. Sure to be a collector's item. Also includes EARTH CAMP ONE DVD and "very special thanks" web and screen credit, plus a personal thank you call from Jennie.

Estimated Delivery: Aug 2012

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(A PRIVATE SCREENING IN AND AROUND NYC) Jennie will come to your home, or a venue of your choosing, and screen PARIS IS BURNING and her 22 minute long musical sex comedy WHO'S THE TOP? for you and your friends. She will answer questions about the making of those films and about filmmaking in general! This offer is good within 1.5 hours of New York City. Also includes EARTH CAMP ONE DVD and "very special thanks" web and screen credit.

Estimated Delivery: Jan 2012

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0 Backers • Limited Reward (3 of 3 remaining)

(A PRIVATE SCREENING IN YOUR TOWN, IF YOUR TOWN IS NOT NEW YORK) The same as the 3000 category but for other parts of the USA. You provide the air or train travel and one night of hotel. Also includes EARTH CAMP ONE DVD and "very special thanks" web and screen credit.

Estimated Delivery: Mar 2012

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(A HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH) Pick from several original Jennie Livingston photographs and get a striking print for your collection or wall. Some are photographs taken in the 80s at drag balls as Jennie was researching PARIS IS BURNING. Some are arresting portraits and street scenes from New York and Los Angeles. A wonderful holiday or birthday gift for yourself or for the photography or art collector in your life. Also includes EARTH CAMP ONE DVD, "very special thanks" credit on the web and on screen, and a personal thank you call from Jennie.

Estimated Delivery: Jan 2012

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0 Backers • Limited Reward (1 of 1 remaining)

(A HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE MUSEUM-QUALITY MODERNIST LAMP) A striking and stylish Modernist lamp from the filmmaker’s brother’s collection, designed by Walter Dorwin Teague. Teague's 1939 “114” desk lamp was manufactured by the Polaroid Corporation and is included in the collections of several museums' design departments. Why would someone want to part with something beautiful that belonged to someone they loved? To make a FILM about someone they loved. Be a part of that process and get a mid-century Modern treasure that's been authenticated by Southeby's. Also includes the EARTH CAMP ONE DVD and "very special thanks" web and screen credit.

Estimated Delivery: Nov 2011

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0 Backers • Limited Reward (1 of 1 remaining)

(A HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE FIRST EDITION BY JAMES JOYCE) A first edition of Finnegan’s Wake in great condition, in a hand-made box, from the filmmaker’s mother's library. The film is, in part, about how our families influence us. The filmmaker's parents collected images of family life, in 16mm, that are part of EARTH CAMP ONE. And they also collected (and sometimes read!) books that inspire the filmmaker to want to find new ways of telling the stories those images touch on. Enjoy a family heirloom that's also a killer book -- and help a film come to life. Also includes EARTH CAMP ONE DVD and "very special thanks" web and screen credit.

Estimated Delivery: Nov 2011

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0 Backers

(COMPLETE WORKS + ASSOCIATE PRODUCER CREDIT + TICKETS TO FESTIVAL PREMIERE) You get everything in the 500 category (remember the 500 category?) AND your screen credit is ASSOCIATE PRODUCER. Use that notoriety to go forth and conquer Hollywood, or at least to shepherd another worthy independent feature or documentary. And, of course you’ll get 2 tickets to the film’s festival premiere (travel not included.)

Estimated Delivery: Nov 2012

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New York Magazine, in its 2008 40th anniversary issue “approval matrix,” called Jennie Livingston’s film Paris is Burning (1991) one of the most significant cultural works to come out of New York City in 40 years (please see link below). The film won a Sundance Grand Jury Prize and, is, according to Variety, one of the most-seen documentaries ever released. Livingston’s other films include the dramatic short Who’s the Top? (2005), which the LA Times called “witty and accomplished.” “Top?” was screened at over 130 film festivals worldwide, including theatrical runs at Boston’s MFA and London’s ICA; “Through the Ice” was commissioned for the WNET show Reel New York; it also screened at Sundance (2006); and, “Hotheads” (1994) was broadcast on MTV, and released on Polygram Video. This summer, Livingston directed a video for Elton John's stage show. And, she’s written an ensemble screenplay, Prenzlauer Berg, that’s being produced by Susan Stover (High Art). Jennie Livingston got her BA from Yale, where she won Yale’s Sudler Prize for her drawings and photographs.

  1. newyorker.com
  2. indiewire.com
  3. imdb.com
  4. nymag.com