Dreaming in American
our goal has been reached! check out our new fund-raising page here: http://www.peerdreams.com/p9f
DREAMING IN AMERICAN is a feature-length documentary that focuses on the journey of one family in rural Brazil as they immigrate illegally to the northeastern US in this time of virulent xenophobia and widespread anti-immigrant sentiment.
The film gives expression to the space between dreams and reality, the interplay between the imagined America--in the minds of immigrants and citizens alike--and people's actual experiences. While essentially a documentary, one of the project's central aims is to show how the line between fiction and nonfiction is blurred. The movie shows the distinction between fantasy and reality by interspersing live-action verite scenes of the characters' lives with animated sequences of memories of the past, hopes for the future, fantasies of the present, and dreams all created from information culled from interviews and dream diaries with the participants.
We aim for our project not only to be a film, but a community project that will serve as an educational resource and a communication hub for immigrants’ rights advocacy.
At the end of last year, Dreaming in American received a $10,000 grant from the Paul Robeson Fund for Independent Media, a project of the Funding Exchange. Please help us keep up the FUND-RAISING MOMENTUM by donating to our project! Any amount you can give will get us closer to our goal of $236, 720. Even ten dollars will pay for one of the 60-minute digital video tapes we will be using to shoot the film.
Visit our website for more information on Dreaming in American: http://www.dreaminginamerican.com
At the end of last year, Dreaming in American received a $10,000 grant from the Paul Robeson Fund for Independent Media, a project of the Funding Exchange. Please help us keep up the FUND-RAISING MOMENTUM by donating to our project! Any amount you can give will get us closer to our goal of $236, 720. Even ten dollars will pay for one of the 60-minute digital video tapes we will be using to shoot the film.
Visit our website for more information on Dreaming in American: http://www.dreaminginamerican.com
Topic -> Fine Arts
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Parabens, e boa sorte com o resto do filme!
Adam
M. Garfield Jones, philanthropist
Anonymous
Valeu pelo trabalho.
Anonymous
Happy to support a worthwhile project
Alex Okrent
Eliot, We're all so proud of the work you are doing!
Anonymous
Congrats and best of luck with this amazing film!
Love from Carol, Jim and Alex
Anonymous
Better late than never, que no? Hope things are going well.
Jesse Malmed + Raven Munsell
Anonymous
I heard about the project from your former colleague Anna K. Clip looks great! Let me know if it shows in New York City. Best of luck!
Anonymous
Happy to be apart of your dream! Thank you.
Anonymous
Dear Eliot and Zoe, thank you for dreaming.
Laurie Knight
Keep up the amazing work!
Dylan Osborn
This is also for Eliot, a humble man.
Jeremy
This is for Eliot.
Jeremy
I'm honored to be a very small part of this project. Best of luck!
Amalia Thomas
Eliot, any project that you are working in is bound to succeed. I support you and I support this project and look forward to the final product!
John
Dream a little dream
Anonymous
I have no doubt you are up to GREAT things! Break a leg / good luck / and I'm looking forward to celebrating with you in NYC! Love, Lia
Lia M
Good luck Eliot and Sara! xo
Cory Simon-Nobes
good luck brother man
Morgan Jones
Fröhliche Weihnachten! Safe travels! Merry Christmas from your Amama!
Amama
Merry Christmas! Merry Brazil and beyond!! Love from Aunt Sherry and Uncle Jim
Aunt Sherry and Uncle Jim
Let your light shine!
Michele Whitteker
time is money, money is time
so i keep 7 o'clock in the bank and gain interest in the hour of God
I'm saving to buy my freedom, God, grant me wings, I'm too fly not to fly
I soared
American Dream
I couldn't be more excited to support you two.
Steve Morgan
Merry Christmas! Enjoy Brazil!
Glenna and Colleen
This is such an awesome project! Way to go guys.
Nick Smyth
Bonne Chance Sara!
Jennifer Cinelli
Dreams are reborn when our roots are allowed to remember our sprouting once upon our home soil...Arigato, Eliot!!
Anonymous
Good Luck
Jen & David
Best wishes for spectacular success!
Jennifer Lain
Godspeed everyone!
Dylan Osborn
Zoe, I believe in everything you do. What a wonderful project! Lauren
Lauren Camp
Good luck with your film. This is a great idea.
Let me know if you need any help in post.
quantumriver.net
Matt Vest
Eliot, you have amazing talents. You have so much to give. Hope you are amazed and astounded by what you learn on this journey.
Carolyn
Connecticut, Santa Fe, Brazil, Boston --- it's all so connected. Can't wait to see your final product. Let the work begin :)
Carolyn
Wishing you the perfect shot every time you pick up your camera !
Carolyn
Good luck!
Paul
Eliot, here's to realizing your dream of filming someone realizing their dream !
Anonymous
I can't wait to see this project! lots of love.
ilana
Boa sorte no Brasil!
Karen
Do good, guys.
Molly Kaluna-Jones
Eliot,
A pleasure to assist you in following your bliss, and the push in the right direction it may give to others searching for theirs.
Elan
Anonymous
Eliot, Have a safe journey and a grand adventure. Good luck with your wonderful project, and come work with us when you get back to Santa Fe.
Mimi
want that one
Bug on a floating leaf
I'm just a hop head
Moondog
Thank you to Eliot and the other filmmakers who are dreaming this film into being.
David Shorter
Com muito carinho e amor. Boa sorte and safe travels to you Eliot and Sara!!
Becky
sara, you are awesome!
Alison H.
Good work. I miss you bulldozer xx
Rach
Congrats Sara - best of luck! (Mrs. Schnitzer would be so proud...)
Jared L.
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