ReelChanges.org debut: online $ for doc projects

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Announcing...

http://www.ReelChanges.org


· Facilitating online tax-deductible public financing of quality-screened documentary projects for production and distribution.

· A unique new 501(c)3 business model designed to support production and distribution of high-quality documentaries without
reliance on traditional gatekeepers such as network owners, studios, advertisers and foundations.

· Creating new revenue stream for documentary makers. Demonstrating a new model for the film industry.

· Site debuted May 1, 2008 – Now open for business. Currently accepting documentary project submissions.

· First Four ReelChanges.org documentary projects already posted: Kuki of Iraq, Life on the Inside, Deal with the Devil and The Renaissance of Mata Ortiz.

· Rebuilding our info-culture from the bottom up; healthier, more representative, innovative.

Invest in our capacity to learn from one another. Change the world one film at a time.


PLEASE PASS ON THIS MESSAGE TO ANYONE WHO MIGHT WANT TO HELP US OR WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SUBMITTING A FILM.

Here is a link to our first ReelChanges documentary project (the video explainer runs 3.5 minutes):

http://www.reelchanges.org/projects/Crime

The May 1, 2008 debut demo of ReelChanges.org (http://www.reelchanges.org) generated rave blog reviews and great press coverage from the Poynter Institute, serial public service entrepreneur J.D. Lasica, Persephone Miel of Harvard's Berkman Center MediaRepublic and the Palo Alto Weekly. See:

http://www.socialmedia.biz/2008/05/big-banner-on-t.html

http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mediarepub ... l-changes/

http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=31&aid=143177

http://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/st ... ry_id=8501