It was a depressing shoot this morning. For the last several days I have gotten to Dan and Shabnam's early in the morning in order to shoot as they waited for the verdict on their community's eminent domain case. The NY State Court of Appeals posts decisions between 8:30 and 9:30. Dan nervously hit refresh on his mouse for minutes at a time waiting for the decision to get posted. At about 3 minutes after 9 today he yelled out, "It's up!" Moments later he flatly stated, "We lost."

There were no tears or hair pulling - there was work to do - media to talk to and a press conference to hold.

He had a press release ready to go win or lose.

We didn't start this project with a particular beef against eminent domain. We heard about the project and we were curious and started shooting to find out what was going on. What we found out disturbed us. That sense of disturbance has only grown over the course of our shooting.

On the bright side of things- we have spent 6 years shooting and editing to make sure that this story doesn't go unnoticed. We have an incredible film that will shine a bright light on the situation. We also have an incredible community of friends and supporters who have come together to help us get this film made. We have now reached the 50% mark in our funding goal and we have a week to raise the rest.

If the over 200 people that have helped us out can take a moment to tell a few other people about our project we will reach our goal with plenty of time to spare.

While we were hoping that our main characters would prevail in their lawsuit, not only for their sake - but to bring a quick end to our shooting - we also know that this legal outcome makes the film that much more necessary.

Thanks to everyone for all the support.