About this project
***We have just finished up a new trailer. It gives a great sense of the overall feel of the documentary. http://vimeo.com/12935985 ***
*As we get closer to our deadline, we've started posting backer only video clips. You can see those under project updates*
For the past 3 years, I have been working on a documentary called Wrestling for Jesus. It started out as a quirky piece that looked at a group of South Carolinians who use professional style wrestling to present the Christian gospel. But after a couple shoots, the story took a darker turn.
Our peculiar film became a story about about failure, frustration, and tragedy. It was about dreams unrealized. You can see more about what happened in the video posted above.
Up to this point, we've financed all the shooting ourselves - travel, gear, and personnel. With principal photography done, we are confident that we now have a story that is worth telling - a story that transcends wrestling and a story that is worth bringing in other backers to support. We still have a ton of editing to do and we'll need to get a sound track written for the final piece.
We'll be using the money for the following tasks:
$3000 - Story editing (rental for an editing suite and a person to do the editing)
$1000 - Color correction and conforming the media (we've shot in several formats and we need to get them to all play nice with one another.)
$1000 - Soundtrack (included is the music and the audio post production)
Thanks for taking the time to consider backing this project.
For more information:
Follow the project on twitter @wrestling_jesus
Follow the filmmaker on twitter @Nate_Clarke
Check out the Wrestling For Jesus web page included on this site is footage from our second major shoot.
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This project successfully raised its funding goal on July 9, 2010.
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Access to project updates and secret wrestling lingo that you can use to impress your friends
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Special Edition DVD that includes the film, a director's commentary, and a second short film about the supposedly demonic "Throne Wrestling Federation." Plus downloadable version of the film.
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Wrestling For Jesus T-Shirt and the Special Edition DVD
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Credit in the film as a producer, T-shirt and Special Edition DVD
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In addition to everything at the $200 level, these two backer will be awarded their very own Wrestling For Jesus Tag Team Championship belt (they don't actually have to wrestle on a team). Wear it with pride at work, all sorts of social functions, heck - even sleep with it on.
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For the heavyweight champion of Wrestling For Jesus, you will get your own championship belt. (You'll also get the DVD and T-shirt, but really, it's all about the belt). And there is only one - you are the undisputed heavy weight champ.
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Nathan Clarke is the founder of Fourth Line Films (www.fourthlinefilms.com), specializing in observational documentaries and web-based storytelling. His reel includes films about backyard wrestling, gangs imprisoned in Guatemala, hog wrassling, and the “prosperity gospel.” Clients include PBS, HDNet, Zondervan, and Christianity Today, and he has collaborated with noted author Andy Crouch on several projects dealing with the intersection of sociology and faith, both in the US and abroad. Nate has taught workshops for Full Compass and Lucent Room Studios, and he lives in Wisconsin with his wife and daughter.
