Well, kids, it’s hard to believe, but 2019 is already here. We got off to a terrific start with Parkway of Broken Dreams in 2018, but 2019 is the year where the real magic happens (like, a finished film, ideally). One of our favorite resource websites for documentary filmmaking, Desktop Documentaries, sent out a friendly…
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Two weeks ago, more than 150 backers helped us raise over $13,000 toward the completion of Parkway of Broken Dreams. That weekend, we embarked on a whirlwind trip to Las Vegas to capitalize on several movers, shakers and culture-makers from the Maryland Parkway scene all being in town at one time. We partially have the Las…
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Our 30 days are up! The Parkway of Broken Dreams crowdfunding campaign ended Oct. 17 having reached 90% of its goal–a total of $13,609 contributed by 166 amazing people. Even though we surpassed 80% and got the Green Light, we did not get enough followers to qualify as a finalist in the Hometown Heroes rally.…
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We hope you’re not tired of hearing about Parkway of Broken Dreams yet, because all the fun stuff is just getting started. This week, you’ll be able to catch director Pj Perez live in a few places … on the internet, that is. On Tuesday, Oct. 9 at 7:30 p.m. (PDT), we’re hosting our first Facebook Live event. It’ll…
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We’re right at the halfway mark of our Seed&Spark crowdfunding campaign, and we’re at 44% funded, thanks to all of you beautiful people. We have 15 days to raise about $5,400 in order to get the green light. It’s basically all or nothing, folks. If we don’t hit 80% of goal by the end of…
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What do you get when you combine an artsy photo taken at Cafe Rainbow in 1993 with a snappy tagline? You get a new poster for PARKWAY OF BROKEN DREAMS: We’re approaching the end of week two of our Seed&Spark crowdfunding campaign, and the good news is, we’re at 40% funded. That’s right around where…
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Friday is here! And we crossed an important threshold in our crowdfunding campaign–surpassing 30% of goal–thanks to a bunch of very generous contributions that came in last night. So, today, I present to you a vision of what Parkway of Broken Dreams might have looked like if it was made more than a decade ago: Yep,…
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Hey, check it out: The Las Vegas Weekly wrote a little blurb about our crowdfunding project (image above by Leila Navidi from that article). Cool, right? Seems appropriate, given Parkway of Broken Dreams is based on an article I wrote for that fine publication about 12 years ago. We’re now four days into our crowdfunding…
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This is it, folks! The official PARKWAY OF BROKEN DREAMS crowdfunding campaign is now LIVE on the film funding/distribution platform Seed&Spark. We have 30 days to raise at least $12,000 and gain 1,000 followers. No problem, right? Why 1,000 followers? Because PARKWAY OF BROKEN DREAMS is participating in Seed&Spark’s Hometown Heroes rally, in which hometown-centered…
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So, I had just come back from a four-day expedition to Las Vegas, where I was filming interviews for this documentary (or trying; one fell through) and being interviewed by my alma mater (UNLV, ‘natch). It was Wednesday evening, and I had until 11:59 p.m. Friday to finish building a crowdfunding campaign for Parkway of…
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