About this project
We need to raise $5,000 to create a trailer for the film so that we can use it to raise the money to make this important film!
RAISE IT UP FOR MA DUKES
a feature length documentary
by Dana Bartle
Production Team:
Dana Bartle, Director/Producer/Cinematographer
Jude Ray, Executive Producer
Greg Boas, Editor
Jeremy Deputat, Cinematographer
OUTLAW KOPPS, Animators
Michael "task" Hudson. Photographer/Graphics
Detroit musician J Dilla was one of the music industry's most influential hip-hop artists, working for big-name acts like De La Soul, Busta Rhymes and Common. Considered by many to be the greatest hip hop producer of all time, the visionary producer died from Lupus in 2006. Without health insurance his mother, Maureen "Ma Dukes" Yancey, mortgaged her home and life savings to help save her beloved son. In 2008 she lost her home and realized that her son's estate would be turned over to the government due to the overwhelming debt brought on by his disease. Today Ma Dukes is not only fighting for her son's estate, she is also fighting the same disease that took her son.
Featuring performances by:
Questlove, Big Tone, Phat Kat, and many more...
What your generous help will provide:
I will be able to hire a crew to shoot the interviews and footage needed to complete the trailer as well as pay their travel expenses to and from Detroit. I will also be able to hire an editor to edit a fantastic trailer that we can use to raise the remainder of the funds needed to complete the film. The trailer will also enable me to get fiscal sponsorship so that I can apply for film grants.
Please feel free to check out the film's website where you can find links to press about the film!
www.raiseitupformadukes.com
or
for more information about me check out my personal website at
www.danabartle.com
Thank you for backing this important film!
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This project reached the deadline without achieving its funding goal on May 11, 2010.
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Pledge $75 or more and receive both the Ruff Draft (Poster) and a copy of Jay Stay Paid a 25 track collection of unreleased Dilla beats mixed and arranged by Pete Rock and Executive Produced by Ma Dukes herself.
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Dana Bartle is a documentary filmmaker based in New York City and originally from Somers Point, New Jersey. Her short film "Bend & Bow," about the notorious "Saw Lady" of the New York Subway, premiered at the 2008 Hot Docs International Film Festival with additional screenings at Dokufest International Film Festival in Kosovo,Detroit Docs International Film Festival and at Big Sky Documentary Film Festival 2009. Her short film "Blind Faith: A Film About Seeing," which reconsiders the notion of "disability" by exploring the creative space between light and dark, was winner of the Best Soundtrack award at Hot Docs in 2007. The film also screened at Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in 2008. "Shadows of Guilt," a 23 minute film that follows the story of a convicted murderer and his struggle to reenter society is currently screening on the Documentary Channel. Bartle is currently in pre-production on her first feature documentary.
