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Funding Successful

This project successfully raised its funding goal on April 25, 2010.

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4 Backers

A little good karma. We all need some.

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Exclusive access to video updates on Kickstarter including scenelets and outtakes.

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30 Backers • Limited Reward (70 of 100 remaining)

ALL OF THE ABOVE and an invitation to Kickstarter community screening & filmmaker party in NYC after film is complete (sorry, travel not included).

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21 Backers • Limited Reward (29 of 50 remaining)

ALL OF THE ABOVE and a SPECIAL THANKS credit at the end of the film.

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ALL OF THE ABOVE and a signed copy of "Kings of New York" by Michael Weinreb. This reward is exclusive to $75 donation.

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Exclusive access to video updates, invitation to screening and party, a SPECIAL THANKS credit and 1 year membership to World Chess Live, an online chess community for novice, intermediate, and recreational chess players. The membership to World Chess Live is exclusive to this $85 donation and is not included with other rewards.

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13 Backers • Limited Reward (37 of 50 remaining)

ALL OF THE ABOVE (excluding BOOK) and an invitation to an audience test screening with filmmakers prior to film's release. Where your opinion may help shape the final cut.

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A one year Diamond Membership on CHESS.COM. Play, learn, and share on this awesome site and improve your game quickly.

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Are you an artist who wants to make a short video to promote your book, film, album or photography? For a $1000 donation Rescued Media will help make it happen. We will offer creative consultation, 2 days of producing and shooting (camera included) & sufficient editing to help you create your own teaser / pitch / trailer / for whatever it is you want to make.

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Our indebted gratitude and let's face it, if you can afford this then you can have anything you want anyway. You don't need a membership to any organization. In fact give money to the people of Haiti.

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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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