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Our big push to the finish line
2,022 backers
$170,396 pledged
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OUR GOAL: $200,000 and 6509 backers by November 22nd
$200,000 is a big number in our lives and in the world of Kickstarter. However, in the world of professional, feature-length documentaries, it is a realistic but modest budget.
Some sample budgets of documentary films that have played at top festivals and gone on to have theatrical, TV, and online releases:
Is it possible to make an excellent film for much less? Of course. And that’s what we’re trying to do!
- Under Our Skin (Lyme disease documentary) - just under $1 million
- 5 Broken Cameras - $250,000 (Oscar nominee) - (shot using mostly home-video footage)
- The Invisible War - $850,000 (Oscar nominee)
- A Small Act - under $500,000
- The Gatekeepers - 1.5 million euros (Oscar nominee)
- Searching for Sugarman - $1 million (Oscar nominee)
- Inside Job - $2 million (Oscar nominee)
2,022 backers
$170,396 pledged
4 days to go
OUR GOAL: $200,000 and 6509 backers by November 22nd