KickTraq

Dear Friends: As faithful supporters of Incident in New Baghdad, I wanted you all to be the first to know: minutes ago, I just launched a new Kickstarter campaign for my latest project SILENCED, a feature documentary about the unprecedented crackdown... (Read More)

Sprinkled among the high-budget films nominated for Oscars are three films with humble financial beginnings. They all got monetary boosts on Kickstarter. (Read More)

Kickstarter is a notoriously press-shy company. The founders, admirably, prefer the attention go to the projects fundraising on the site and wisely want to avoid the downside of the hype cycle by not encouraging said hype in the first place. But whether Kickstarter welcomed it or not, it was undeniably one of the biggest press stories of last year, playing a central role with two huge trends: The excitement around crowd funding and the resurgence of hardware in Silicon Valley. (Read More)

From groundbreaking projects to inspiring stories, 2012 was a year of many memorable moments on Kickstarter. To celebrate the year that was, our team put together this look back at some of our favorite projects and moments. We hope you enjoy! (Read More)

It was a big year for three-year old Kickstarter, the crowd funding platform that’s transformed how people view raising capital at initial levels. The company broke down some of its stats and success stories for 2012 in a year-end presentation. (Read More)

Less than a year after being declared the darling of Sundance -- especially for not having "the arrogance of a studio" -- Kickstarter has announced that over $100 million has been pledged to indie film via its platform (which, of course, is hardly the only crowdfunding platform that filmmakers use, though it is the most popular). There are some caveats, of course. This is over Kickstarter's lifetime (since April 2009), but the numbers have been growing rapidly. (Read More)

American crowdfunding site Kickstarter has passed the US$100 million mark for funds pledged to film projects, with $42.6 million of that amount raised for documentary projects. (Pictured: Brooklyn Castle) (Read More)

Film projects on crowdfunding platform Kickstarter have raked in $102.7 million in pledges since April 2009. Here's how those finished projects performed. (Read More)

Thank you so much, my Kickstarter friends. You made this happen!!!  (Read More)

... to let you all know that the advance preview DVDs of Incident in New Baghdad are finally ready and will start going out in the mail this week to those of you at the $25 backer level! However, if you contributed $50 or more to my Kickstarter... (Read More)

We did it!!!!! Today the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that the Documentary Branch had viewed all 35 eligible Documentary Short Subject entries, and narrowed the field down to an 8-film shortlist.  And I am so proud and... (Read More)

Yesterday I sat alone in Theatre #5 at the Laemmle Sunset 5 in West Hollywood and watched a tech run-through of my film INCIDENT IN NEW BAGHDAD.  The movie looked and sounded fantastic on the big screen!  I couldn't help but be amazed in that... (Read More)

This morning I am re-editing the end credits to my documentary INCIDENT IN NEW BAGHDAD.  And each time I add a new name, I am filled with gratitude for the generosity of each and every one of you--the 84 people, some of whom I've never met and who... (Read More)

That line from Field of Dreams has become something of a well-worn cliche in the 20-plus years since it was first whispered to Kevin Costner in an Iowa cornfield.  Yet nothing better describes my astonishment at the way friends, family, followers of... (Read More)

For today's update, instead of extolling the virtues of my own film and the importance of getting its message out into the world, I thought I would let Josh Fox, Academy-Award nominated director of "Gasland," tell you what he thinks... "INCIDENT IN... (Read More)

A few weeks ago, I did an interview for the Rhode Island International Film Festival blog, talking about the genesis and the making of INCIDENT IN NEW BAGHDAD.  I thought I would re-post it here because it sheds some light on how this film came to... (Read More)