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HELP US PRESERVE JACK HERER'S LEGACY!
Kickstart the Jack Herer Museum & Hemporium!
100% of the proceeds from Jack Herer's Emperor Wears No Clothes documentary & Hemp Can Save The Planet social action campaign go towards Jack Herer's movie, movement & mission.
Jack Herer's The Emperor Wears No Clothes is a short documentary film co-directed by author, Jack Herer and filmmaker, Melissa Balin. The film features celebrities and activists reading excerpts from the eponymous best-selling Hemp book, integrating archival footage, periodicals, and the government propaganda film, Hemp For Victory, to create an educational look into the Truth about Hemp, its history, and its many uses. A trailer for the short doc is viewable here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch...
The film first premiered in August 2009 at the Laemmle Theatres in Los Angeles for Academy Award consideration, and has since had special screenings and premieres at The High Times' Cannabis Cup in Amsterdam, The Cultiva Fair in Vienna, Spannabis in Barcelona, the Hanf Museum during the 60th Berlinale in Berlin, and the upcoming Treating Yourself EXPO in Toronto, Canada (July 16-18).
We are currently in the process of filming the feature length version of the book (already starring Jack Herer, Eddy Lepp, B-Real, Pauley Perrette, Ralphie May, Scott Levy, NJWeedman.com, Zack Ward, Los Marijuanos, Money Mark, and Native Wayne). In light of the unfortunate death of co-director and globally recognized Civil Rights Activist, Jack Herer, we are seeking support of our Kickstarter.com campaign from the global community to be able to continue Jack Herer's message about the Truth concerning Cannabis/Hemp/Marijuana, its history, and its many uses. Hemp Can Save The Planet is a member run video blog that follows the global tour of Jack Herer's message.
Our Kickstarter pledge campaign will continue the message of Hemp History Week (May 17-May 23, 2010), by beginning on the date our forefathers signed the draft of the Declaration of Independence on Hemp Paper (July 2) and ending on September 14, 2010 at 11:59 PM (PST) - incidentally, the date Napoleon set ablaze the infamous fires of Moscow during the War of 1812, fought over Hemp.
The $1420 of funds raised for Phase 1 will go towards continuing the member funded Hemp Can Save The Planet social action campaign (http://HempCanSaveThePlanet.blogspot.com) as well as the administrative costs of establishing the Jack Herer Charitable Trust (structured similarly to the Nobel Charitable Trust), which will serve as the legal owner and functional administrator of the funds generated from Jack Herer’s Emperor Wears No Clothes documentary and ancillary products (with 100% of proceeds going into the Trust), and will serve as the joint administrative body of the Jack Herer Museum & Hemporium.
Phase 2 funds of $22k raised will go towards the next days of principal photography of the feature length documentary, which is currently scheduled to be released on Jack Herer Day, 4/20/2011, so please help us exceed our goal.
Your support is greatly appreciated. More information about Jack Herer, his movement & mission, can be found at http://www.JackHerer.com
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Become a dues-paying member to the Hemp Can Save The Planet blog, receive exclusive contest opportunities & e-mail updates about the project- as well as a FREE Downloadable Ringtone from the Hemp Hemp Hooray soundtrack! Your exclusive updates will include a Hemp Can Save The Planet Members Only online listening party for the much anticipated soundtrack release!
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Receive a Hemp Can Save The Planet sticker (a $1 value) & your own copy of the Sponsors Edition CD of the Hemp Hemp Hooray Fundraising Soundtrack vol. 1 (a $4.20 value) featuring tributes by Tracii Guns, B-Real, Rob Van Dam, Native Wayne, Ralphie May, Total Devastation, Ditch, Eek-A-Mouse, Layzie Bone, DJ Dre Ghost, Thin C, Los Marijuanos, Grandaddy Purp, Trulio Disgracias & the High Times/YesUCannabis Contest winners! as seen on www.ProhibitionTour.com!, complete with a Special Collectors Edition Jack Herer Tribute liner notes available ONLY through Kickstarter & all of the above.
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Receive your own copy of the Sponsors Edition DVD of Jack Herer’s Emperor Wears No Clothes short doc (starring Jack Herer, Eddy Lepp, Ralphie May, Pauley Perrette, Money Mark, NJWeedman.com, Henry Hemp, DJ Dre Ghost and Arjan "King of Cannabis" Roskam!), complete with a Spanish subtitles version for wider educational purposes, as seen on Amazon.com (a $14.20 value), autographed by available members of the Cast. Your exclusive updates will include a fun Hemp Can Save The Planet Members Only celebrity video download available ONLY through Kickstarter & all of the above.
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Receive (3) Commemorative stills of Jack Herer from the set (as seen in NUG Magazine) and at the premiere (as seen in Skunk Magazine)!, a Hemp Can Save The Planet personalized THANK YOU card (on Hemp paper) signed by available members of the Cast, your name or Company name on the Hemp Can Save The Planet blogroll & all of the above.
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Get your name listed as making the project possible on the Making Of Special Features of the feature doc DVD!, Receive a Limited Edition Hemp Can Save The Planet Fundraising Tee made by Substance Coterie Inc ($49.99 value)! & all of the above.
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Your logo & hyperlink on the Hemp Can Save The Planet blog as a sponsor for one month! Receive a Collectors’ Limited Edition Hemp Can Save The Planet print of the joint mosaic of Jack Herer based on the photograph by Dan Skye, signed by artist, Cliff Maynard ($175 value), a 4:20 phone call or skype video chat with producer & co-director, Melissa Balin & all of the above.
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Your name or logo listed as making the project possible on the Making Of Special Features of the feature doc DVD! A 420 Experience & photo opp with a member of the Cast such as a game of Chess with NJWeedman.com in Hollywood, Grandaddy Purp in the Bay, Henry Hemp in San Diego, or a private tasting with Franco of Green House Seed Co. in Amsterdam (pending scheduling & availability- Reward winner responsible for transportation to and from experience) & all of the above.
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60-second Hemp Can Save The Planet video segment featuring you or your brand and exclusive celebrity clips from the film! & all of the above. Please NOTE: this reward is only available to eco-friendly & pro-Hemp brands and subject to the final approval of the filmmakers.
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all of the above. Your logo in the end credits of the feature length documentary. A private advanced screening opportunity for you, your friends & clients. (2) tickets to the red carpet premiere of the feature length documentary.
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all of the above. Associate Producer credit in the Main Titles of the feature length documentary. (4) tickets to the red carpet premiere of the feature length documentary.
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CO-DIRECTOR: Melissa Balin successfully produced four Indie sub-culture international hits, prior to her directorial debut, FreezerBurn The Movie, with an all-star cast of 38 familiar faces (Rachel Hunter, David Faustino, Robert Hays). Balin’s further directorial credits include a Public Service Announcement for Pain Awareness Month, shot by world-renowned cinematographer, Laszlo Kovacs, ASC, that was shown during the 5th European Congress on Pain in Istanbul; co-directing a Freedom of Expression video postcard campaign with world-famous pop-culture icon, Shepard Fairey, launched at SXSW 2006; and creating the celebrity social action campaigns Green Means Go!, Vote For Change & Save The African Orphans.
CO-DIRECTOR: Shepard Fairey is an American contemporary artist, graphic designer, and illustrator who emerged from the skateboarding scene. He first became known for his "André the Giant Has a Posse" (…OBEY…) sticker campaign, and became more widely known in the 2008 U.S. presidential election, specifically his Barack Obama "HOPE" poster. The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston calls him one of today's best known and most influential street artists. His work is included in the collections at The Smithsonian, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
Associate Producers: Sarah Bennett, Bryan Rabin, Rose Apodaca
PRODUCERS:
Melinda Esquibel, Brandon Balin, Shepard & Amanda Fairey, Lisa Lindo, Melissa Balin
