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October 14, 2010
Nearing the end of the film
Battle of Brooklyn via Kickstarter
It was almost a year ago that we launched our kickstarter campaign in order to raise money to help us finish our film. I know that some of you are wondering where the film is. Well, I'm happy to tell you that it's nearly finished. We continued to film for 7 months after the campaign because the story simply wasn't over- and it continues to evolve in exciting ways.
After 7 years of shooting and editing we can truly see the light at the end of the tunnel. All our efforts right now are going into finalizing the cut and positioning the film for a big launch at a winter film festival. We are in the process of applying to some of the bigger ones and still working hard on making the film as powerful as possible.
We have made great progress on the cut in the last month. When it gets close to the end even small changes have a big impact on the film and it's exciting to see it get more powerful with each pass.
For us, the film ends when Daniel, Shabnam, and Sita leave their apartment (which happened in May). However, the story has become big news again recently, which will help us get the film out there in a big way- because this news makes the story more relevant, and important, than ever.
...We recently got a nice write up in the NY Press
http://www.nypress.com/article-21719-the-next-generation.htmlWe have started a facebook page for the film if you'd like to get more frequent information about our progress.
Posted by eric at October 14, 2010 1:40 PM