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      Rescued Media on March 4, 2011

      We're in the final stages of post production. Hope to share news of a NYC screening soon. Check our blog (www.rescuedmedia.com) for updates :-)

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      Orlando Wood on February 24, 2011

      Hi, when's your nyc screening likely to happen? Congrats on the fledgling fund!

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      Sully on August 29, 2010

      Keep on, keepin' on. I will be front row some day soon. That's my word. Can't wait to see how this project turns out. Stay focused, work hard. Love.

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      Nicole on July 30, 2010

      m excited to see if there are shots of me.. since my homeroom is the chess room ;D

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      Found Sound Nation on April 20, 2010

      I see you have surpassed your goal (by more than double!) - so congratulations! Still wanted to donate because this looks like such a fascinating story. I can't wait to see the screening. Best of luck!

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      Stuart Chagrin on April 6, 2010

      i just donated $250. i don't need the Diamond Membership to chess.com. Please keep it or offer it to someone else. Thanks.

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      Donald MacKinnon on March 25, 2010

      I truly hope that your movie is a major success and that you can get it widely distributed so that a huge audience learns what chess can teach. Maybe you'll win the Academy award for best documentary! Hopefully the movie will show all the wonderful unintended consequences for these underpriviledged kids of playing chess, so that school boards will recognize why chess should be taught in every school (as it is in many countries). Perhaps you can find some more big chess names to support your project. Good luck!

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      Elmo Suikki on March 24, 2010

      I must make correction: Chess is not the World's oldest game. Other than that, nothing negative to say about this project :)

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      Alexandra Kosteniuk on March 17, 2010

      Congratulations on your great project, I'll be glad to support it! You're doing a lot of good for chess and for the kids you're inspiring, I send my thanks to you for that and my best wishes to bring your project to completion!
      Alexandra Kosteniuk, women's world chess champion

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      Stephanie Underhill on February 10, 2010

      What an awesome and inspiring project and what a great effort you made to highlight these children. The trailer looks wonderful . Charlie and I wish you the best!

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      Megan Reich Tateishi on February 9, 2010

      So proud of you guys, this is awesome!

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      Rich Tanenbaum on February 9, 2010

      This is a great project; thanks for putting it together. The production quality looks very high. But one constructive comment for the trailer: i doubt anyone from outside the chess world (which hopefully represents a very large percentage of your final audience) will know what a rating is: that ratings exist, or what a good or bad rating is. It should be introduced somehow in the trailer.

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      Kenneth Moody on February 3, 2010

      Much love and success to the I.S. 318 Chess Team. I am honored to be able to back this project.

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      Andrew Nguyen on January 29, 2010

      I love this so much. The trailer is very well done.

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      Sully on January 28, 2010

      I'm head over heels for you two...and you know'dis. Mad love and support. Please keep us all posted if this comes down to crunch time. I am fwding this email to my cirlce. And my circle runs deep, so deep, so deep....

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      Jennifer Finazzo on January 25, 2010

      This is BRILLIANT. I love the teaser and can't wait to see the entire film! Best of luck with everything! I love you guys ;) Jenn

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Brooklyn Castle is made by Rescued Media, a Brooklyn based production company started by husband and wife team Katie Dellamaggiore and Nelson Dellamaggiore.

Katie is a documentary producer and director whose work has appeared on MTV, A&E, HBO/Cinemax and VH1. She has held various production and outreach roles on award-winning documentaries including 39 Pounds of Love, To Die in Jerusalem, 51 Birch Street and American Teen. Katie co-produced After the Storm, a nonprofit theater and film project that used art to revitalize the lives of young people in post-Katrina New Orleans, and directed, produced and shot UR Life Online, a documentary about cyber bullying, for A&E Classroom.

Nelson is a three-time Emmy Award Nominated Editor, most notably for Single Camera Editing on A&E’s UR Life Online. He was also nominated for his work on Super Bowl XLI and The Wizard at 95 for ESPN. He’s worked on a wide variety of formats, from MTV’s TRL to The Tony Awards and The Beijing Olympic Games. Nelson is a graduate of the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications.

Katie's brother Brian Schulz is Director of Photography/Producer. Brian is a three-time New York Emmy Award winning cinematographer for Major League Baseball Productions. As one of MLB’s lead cinematographers he is dispatched across the country to capture the game’s most dramatic images. His work behind the camera can be found in network promos and specials, World Series DVDs and the EMMY winning YES Yankeeography series. Brian is a graduate of the University of Connecticut.

It's a family affair.

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