Fans of Blue Like Jazz the movie have officially saved it! I've been closely watching the process/progress of the fundraising for the past 9 days and can only say that I'm completely amazed at how God has lead so many people to step up and help out. Congratulations to everyone who made it happen.
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It's not over yet. Here's an excerpt from Donald Miller's October 4th post blog explaining what I mean (and remember at this point we had not yet raised the $125,000)...
"And now, only days after pronouncing the film dead, it is very much alive. We may just raise the money and make this movie, and the investors will not be a few people who “get it” but hundreds and perhaps thousands who donate because they want their story told in a film. The investors who didn’t think you existed are now convinced that you do.
But that’s not even the coolest part of the story. The coolest part of the story is, just after telling Steve “our fundraising story wasn’t very good,” God orchestrated the best story possible; a miracle, last-minute effort pushed by thousands of people, making this not only a film that says you exist, but a film that makes history. It will be the first crowd-sourced theatrical release of its kind, and if the Kickstarter campaign goes over 200k (and some change), it will be the largest crowd-sourced project ever. It’s the kind of stuff that leads the national news.
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All that to say, thank you. I am having a shirt printed that says “thank you” and I intend to wear it everywhere I go (Maybe I will get a few so they don’t smell) because I just can’t say it enough. Thank you. Thank you thank you thank you. Thank you. Thank. You.
We aren’t there yet. As I write this, we have a long way to go. At $125k we can shoot the movie, as long as none of us order a coke or break a lightbulb. At $200k, we make world history. If we get anything over $200k, everybody in Hollywood will wake up and read about us in Variety, and wonder what in the world this Blue Like Jazz Movie is about, and who in the world are the thousands who grouped together to make it happen. They will no doubt follow our lead. How’s that for a story, Hollywood following our lead for a change?
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What we could not do alone, we are doing together. There’s a story in there somewhere."
We can still do a lot to help out Blue Like Jazz. Continue to tweet, blog, and talk about the campaign and continuing praying for more people to support the movie.
If you haven't donated yet and would like to, go here to KickStarter, and donate whatever you can.
The success of this campaign is only a testament to how great and big God is! It's amazing isn't it?
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