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This project successfully raised its funding goal on May 20, 2011.
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THANKS, EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS! -- Your name will be added to a special supporters page on the CALL ME KUCHU website.
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YOU'VE GOT MAIL -- You will receive a personal thank you email from directors Katy and Malika, and your name will be added to a special supporters page on the CALL ME KUCHU website.
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DISPLAY IT WITH PRIDE -- You will receive a limited edition signed and numbered CALL ME KUCHU 5x7 film still + a stylish necklace made from traditional Ugandan recycled paper beads (beautiful to wear, or makes for a unique gift) + a limited edition CALL ME KUCHU button (also known as a "badge" to British readers) + your name will appear on the supporters page on our website. (International shipping please add $2)
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STICK IT ON YOUR WALL -- You will receive TWO 8x10 limited edition CALL ME KUCHU film stills, signed and numbered + a traditional Ugandan recycled paper bead necklace + a CALL ME KUCHU button + your name will also appear on the supporters page of our website. (International shipping please add $2)
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EVER WONDERED WHAT BABS' BEDROOMS LOOK LIKE? – You know you have! And you can find out if you opt to receive Barbra Streisand’s new book, MY PASSION FOR DESIGN (kindly donated by the book’s designer) + everything in the PUT IT ON YOUR WALL package above. (Canada shipping please add $3; international shipping please add $5)
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EAT YOUR WAY THROUGH SPAIN WITH GWYNETH AND MARIO – Receive a copy of Gwyneth Paltrow and Mario Batali’s SPAIN: A CULINARY ROAD TRIP (kindly donated by the book’s co-author, Julia Turshen) + everything in the PUT IT ON YOUR WALL package above. (Canada shipping please add $3; international shipping please add $5)
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FOR YOUR COFFEE TABLE – Receive a unique collection of 40 film stills from CALL ME KUCHU in a signed limited edition 5"x7" book + a traditional Ugandan recycled paper bead necklace + a CALL ME KUCHU button + your name will also appear on the supporters page of our website. (Canada shipping please add $2; international shipping please add $3)
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YOUR NAME ON THE SILVER SCREEN! -- Upon completion, you will receive a DVD of CALL ME KUCHU + your name will appear in the film's end credits (as well as on the supporters page of our website). You will also receive a limited edition CALL ME KUCHU 8x10 signed film still. (Canada shipping please add $2; international shipping please add $3)
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A SHOPPING SPREE ON US! -- You will receive a $100 gift certificate for Chico's (kindly donated by the folks at Chico's) + everything in the YOUR NAME ON THE SILVER SCREEN! package above. (Canada shipping please add $2; international shipping please add $3)
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ADORN YOUR APARTMENT -- Receive a very limited edition FRAMED film still lovingly printed on canvas and mounted on a 8x10 wooden frame + a signed DVD of CALL ME KUCHU + your name in the film's end credits and on the online supporters page. (Canada shipping please add $3; international shipping please add $5)
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ADORN YOUR FEET -- Have a unique and fun pair of sneakers designed to your specifications by artist Julie Youngblood ($150 value, check them out here: http://bit.ly/juliey) + a signed DVD of CALL ME KUCHU + your name in the film's end credits and on the online supporters page. (Canada shipping please add $3; international shipping please add $5)
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BECOME A CUT WATCHER + A CLASSIC COCKTAIL LESSON WITH GRAMERCY TAVERN'S SENIOR BARTENDER -- Receive exclusive online access to a rough cut of the film and become an integral part of our filmmaking process by giving us your feedback via a questionnaire. Your creative contribution will be rewarded with a classic cocktail lesson for you and a friend from the senior bartender of NYC's Michelin-star rated Gramercy Tavern (in New York only. Sorry, travel not included) + everything in the YOUR NAME ON THE BIG SCREEN! package above. (Canada shipping please add $2; international shipping please add $3)
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A NIGHT AT THE THEATER! -- Two tickets to see STOMP on Broadway (NYC) or in the West End (London) (kindly donated by the directors and producers of STOMP; sorry, travel and lodging not included). We will also send you a private link to a rough cut of the film for your feedback, + everything in the YOUR NAME ON THE BIG SCREEN! package above. (Canada shipping please add $2; international shipping please add $3)
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COOKING LESSON FOR YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS -- A private cooking lesson in your home for you and your friends from Julia Turshen, chef, food writer and co-author with Mario Batali and Gwyneth Paltrow of SPAIN: A CULINARY ROAD TRIP. And the best part? The lesson will double as dinner. (New York City only; travel and lodging not included) + exclusive online access to a rough cut of the film for your feedback + everything in the YOUR NAME ON THE BIG SCREEN! package above. (Canada shipping please add $2; international shipping please add $3)
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PICKLING LESSON FROM A TOP NYC PICKLE CHEF -- A private canning class at your home with FOUR of your friends and the directors, taught by Michaela Hayes, former pickle chef at NYC's Michelin-star rated Gramercy Tavern (in New York only. Sorry, travel not included) + exclusive online access to a rough cut of the film for your feedback + everything in the YOUR NAME ON THE BIG SCREEN! package above. (Canada shipping please add $2; international shipping please add $3)
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BECOME A CUT WATCHER AND COMMISSION A PAIR OF CUSTOM SNEAKERS -- Receive exclusive online access to a rough cut of the film and become an integral part of our filmmaking process by giving us your feedback via a questionnaire. Your creative contribution will be rewarded with a unique and fun pair of sneakers designed to your specifications by artist Julie Youngblood ($150 value, check them out here: http://bit.ly/juliey) + everything in the YOUR NAME ON THE BIG SCREEN! package above. (Canada shipping please add $2; international shipping please add $3)
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YOUR OWN PRIVATE SCREENING AND AN INVITATION TO OUR OUTREACH SUMMIT -- We'll come to your home for a private screening of the film, followed by a Q&A with us, the directors (for those outside of NYC or LA, this will instead be done via Skype). You'll also become an integral part of our filmmaking process: Receive exclusive online access to a rough cut of the film so you can give us your feedback AND join an outreach summit in person or via Skype with ourselves, our funders and LGBT-focused NGOs to strategize on how to ensure CALL ME KUCHU has an impact. Plus everything in the YOUR NAME ON THE BIG SCREEN! package above. (Canada shipping please add $2; international shipping please add $3)
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JOIN US AS ASSOCIATE PRODUCER. -- You will receive an Associate Producer credit on CALL ME KUCHU and two tickets to the film's premier (sorry, travel and lodging not included). + exclusive online access to a rough cut of the film for your feedback + everything in the YOUR NAME ON THE BIG SCREEN! package above. (Canada shipping please add $2; international shipping please add $3). (Please note our legal fine print: this reward does not include any creative or business involvement with regards to CALL ME KUCHU beyond what is described here, nor does the credit entitle any claim of ownership over CALL ME KUCHU.)
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Katherine Fairfax Wright graduated from Columbia University with a double major in Film Studies and Anthopology. She produced GABI ON THE ROOF IN JULY, which premiered at Cinequest 2010, and won Best Narrative Feature and Best Actress at the Brooklyn Film Festival. Weaned on a school of vérité filmmakers, Wright has worked closely with Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt, Nelson Walker III, and Fellipe Barbosa. She associate-produced Perlmutt and Walker’s award-winning documentary LUMO, which aired on P.O.V. and won the 2007 Student Academy Award, as well as Perlmutt’s LES VULNERABLES, the closing short at the New York Film Festival 2007. Wright has worked in a producing role on several other films and she is an award-winning photographer. She is a fellow of the 2011 Film Independent Documentary Lab and the 2011 Garrett Scott Documentary Development Grant at Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.
Malika Zouhali-Worrall’s work as a print and video journalist has been published in The Financial Times and at CNN.com. She has reported for CNN.com from India, Uganda, China and the U.S. on politics, technology and LGBT rights. Zouhali-Worrall is a graduate of Cambridge University and holds an MA in International Affairs from the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po). She is also a fellow of both the 2011 Film Independent Documentary Lab and the 2011 Garrett Scott Documentary Development Grant at Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.
