Award-winning filmmaker Kathleen Dowdey is producing a documentary about a special hero of mine - a man of great courage and conviction who played, and still plays, an important part in our nation's history. The film is called "Get in the Way: The Journey of John Lewis."
For those who may not recognize his name, John Lewis is a true elder statesman and American hero. Here's a quote from Dowdey's description of him:
John Lewis, civil rights activist, congressional leader and international icon of human rights, has devoted his life to the radical practice of nonviolence, and in doing so has influenced the mighty and the humble with his story of struggle for a vision he will never give up.
Producing a film like this requires a huge investment of time, energy, and... Yeah, money. Kathleen Dowdey has put a lot into this project, but now she needs our help.
Details below the fold.
Kathleen Dowdey's Early Light Productions has a Kickstarter campaign to fund post production of the film. You can find it at https://www.kickstarter.com/...
Time is running out on this. The Kickstarter page says, " This project will only be funded if at least $25,000 is pledged by Thu, Oct 9 2014 12:29 AM EDT." So next Wednesday is the last real day for donations.
Please help out if you can, and spread the word through social media, email and however else you connect with people. I don't know how to embed videos, but there's a nice YouTube video on the film at http://m.youtube.com/...
The production company website is http://earlylightproductions.com/...
Their Facebook page is https://m.facebook.com/... and they're on twitter at @EarlyLightMedia