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VIEW AVAILABLE ARTIST PRINTS HERE:
$500 - Joshua Sanchez SOLD!, artist website
$500 - Paola Davila
$1000 - Brett Bell, artist website
$1000 - Tema Stauffer, artist website
$1000 - Max Dworkin, artist website
$1500 - Allen Frame, artist website
$1500 - Bill Costa
$1600 - Hugo Fernandesartist website
$2000 - Omar GamezSOLD!, artist website
Christine Giorgio and myself are using Kickstarter to raise development money for FOUR, a feature film based on Pulitzer Prize-nominated playwright Christopher Shinn's play. Shinn's first major theatrical production, FOUR, premiered at the Royal Court Theater in London in 1998.
On the Fourth of July in Hartford, June, a sixteen-year-old white boy, meets up with a closeted, married black man he's met over the Internet. On the same night, in the same city, this man's sixteen-year-old daughter agrees to go out with Dexter, a twenty-year-old low-level drug dealer. In and around the city, on the American night of independence, these two couples get to know each other, moving from strangers to intimates. In lonely landscapes of movie theatres, fast food restaurants, darkened churches and public parks, they discover the limits of desire and the possibilities for transcendence.
We have asked some exciting names in visual art to donate photographs or prints as awards for backing our film. These artists include Allen Frame, Bill Costa, Brett Bell, Tema Stauffer and Hugo Fernandes, each of whom have had major exhibitions internationally and have generously agreed to donate their work to our project. These are limited edition artist's prints, signed and dated by the artist. This is a unique opportunity not only to be a part of a compelling and provocative feature film project, but you're also getting something totally unique for your money that is tangible — a piece of art you can put on your wall, or collect.
We hope to shoot FOUR in the summer of 2010 in Hartford, Connecticut.
— Joshua Sanchez, Writer/Director, FOUR (based on the play by Christopher Shinn)
For more information about FOUR, including a detailed synopsis, biographies and director's statement, visit www.fourthemovie.com.
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This project successfully raised its funding goal on February 1, 2010.
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Josh will create a unique Saturn Return mix for your iPod. Check out a past mix here: http://joshuasanchez.net/?p=1008
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A copy of Christopher Shinn's 'Where Do We Live and Other Plays' signed by the author. Includes 'Four'.
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An evening of cocktails and stimulating conversation with author Chrisopher Shinn and writer/director Joshua Sanchez at one of their favorite bars in either Brooklyn or Manhattan.
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Original photography by Joshua Sanchez; 16 x 19 print "Damian, Brooklyn, 2003"
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Original photography by Paola Davila; Condesa, 2004, from the Places series 8 x 10''
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Original photography by Brett Bell; 16 x 16 print "Johnny, 2007"
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Original photography by Tema Stuaffer; 11 x 16 print "Bedroom, Sleep Lab/2007"
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Original photography by Max Dworkin; 11 x 14 c-print "Untitled"
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Original photography by Bill Costa; 8 x 10 limited edition print, 1/5; "I am the sentinel at the gate of the sleep of others...GENET, 1991"
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Original photography by Allen Frame; 20 x 24 print "John and Paul, Atlanta, 1995" Ed. 6/9
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Original photography by Hugo Fernandes; 16 x 16 print "Untitled #1"
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Original photography by Omar Gámez; "Antonio 2," 16 x 20 digital C-print, 1/5 AP
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Four nights stay at the newly renovated vacation rental apartment in historic 17 West 8th St, located in the heart of Greenwich Village. Sleeps up to six people. http://www.homeaway.com/vacation-rental/p243405
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Joshua Sanchez and Christine Giorgio
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Joshua Sanchez is a filmmaker based in Brooklyn, New York. He graduated from Columbia University’s MFA Film Program in 2004. In 2003, Joshua won the HBO Films Young Producer’s Development Award. Recently, he participated in Tribeca All Access at the Tribeca Film Festival, and in IFC – New York’s No Borders program during Independent Film Week. He is a native of Houston, Texas.
Christine Giorgio’s professional career, as an editor and producer, spans over eight years. In 2005, Giorgio became Post-Production Supervisor and Staff Editor at the non-profit organization Film/Video Arts. In 2007, Giorgio co-founded the Sag Harbor Lab, an endeavor in which she secured fiscal sponsorship for the development of short film/video projects. Through the Lab, Giorgio produced and directed the Los Angeles International Short Film Festival Official Selection, The Bitter End, and also produced BOO! In 2008, Giorgio secured investment for the feature film, The Big Shot-Caller, a film she ultimately produced and edited. In 2009, Giorgio produced and edited the short film, Underwear, a film that is receiving international recognition and acclaim including an Official Selection at the Stockholm Film Festival and the Grand Jury Award at the Dances With Films Festival. Currently, Giorgio is producing the feature film, Four, for director Joshua Sanchez.
