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Update #7: Production is underway, and in a big way!
Hello fans and friends of the project!
Thanks to the successful fundraising and YOUR support of the project, Jason and I have been marching forward with this project at a wonderful pace. Since funding this phase of production, we have filmed with life extension scientists in England, Tanzania, Hong Kong, and a few interesting places in the US. We've been able to increase the amount of subjects and are also expanding the showcase of LE methodologies.
We will have a new trailer to show everyone (hopefully) by mid March, as we begin to assemble an edit. Also, more specific information on the development of the film will be always accessible on our website, which will be launched within a week or two.
And of course, we will soon be sending out surveys so that we can begin giving some of the early stage gifts to the different donors.
Thanks once again for your support, and as always, feel free to contact me directly at david@davidalvarado.info or through kickstarter.
Best wishes,
David and Jason
Update #6: Just 4 Hours Left!!
Hey everyone, wow, we have come so far in such a short amount of time! We have an opportunity for a matching grant that we can't afford to pass up! If we can raise another 5k in the next FOUR HOURS, we will receive a matching grant from a huge supporter of this film, Brett Dickinson. This is a huge opportunity to hit our goal!
If everyone who reads this post increases their donation by just 25%, that should get us all the way to our matching-grant goal!
So please visit kickstarter and donate just a little more and we will hit 30k! This documentary film is something really, really special and we need your support to help make it happen. Thanks a million to all our proud supporters!
And please, pass the link!!!!! http://kck.st/rt8PAE
David
Update #5: Next 20 donors get an additional gift!
Hello all, as of Saturday, December 10 at 6pm PST, the next 20 donors will receive an additional thank-you gift from author Sonia Arrison. Watch the attached video to learn more.
Rememner, no amount of donation is too small for us to reach our goal, as long as enough people give. So PLEASE, post the kickstarter link (http://kck.st/rt8PAE) to facebook, email it to your crazy aunt, anything to get the word out. Just share, share, share!
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Alex Hoekstra on December 11
Outstanding offer!
I'm really looking forward to seeing what you've all worked so hard to put together. I'll do my best to spread the word and help make the goal. Good luck and godspeed.
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Update #4: Methuselah wins!
Thanks everyone for your vote in the IndieWire "Project of the Week" contest. We ended up tying for a technicality with another great project, "Bending Steel".
This means we are off to the next stage of competition, "Project of the Month".
Thanks again, and don't forget to pass the link to your friends and encourage them to support this awesome project: http://kck.st/rt8PAE
Update #3: Less than 24 hours for your vote!!
Hi all, we have less than 24 hours for you to take just a few seconds and vote for The Methuselah Generation to receive "Project of the Week" and the notoriety that will come with it. Easier access to Sundance, a huge PR push, these are all things that will make your donation go much further.
Here is a shortcut link to the facebook voting site: http://apps.facebook.com/my-polls/?poll_id=lux3jdk6
It will only take ten seconds, thanks!
The deadline to vote is Monday Morning, Nov 21st, at 10am EST
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Funding Successful
This project successfully raised its funding goal on December 26.
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My name is David Alvarado and I am a filmmaker in New York. I've got a BA in Radio, Television and Film from the University of North Texas and a MFA in Documentary Production from Stanford University. I cut my teeth at the Dallas area PBS station KERA Ch 13 before moving to San Francisco and working on furthering my directing skills. After Stanford, I moved to New York to live the dream of any filmmaker. Please visit my website to see more of my work.


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