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THREADS. art. women. enable. hope. together.
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Please make your check or money order payable to International Documentary Association, and write Threads-3732 on the memo line. Send to:
Threads, c/o Kantha Productions LLC, PO Box 143, Lakebay, WA 98349-0143.
Donations are are tax-deductible for U.S. persons.
Thank you for considering a tax-deductible contribution to support making Threads. Help us to share the story of Surayia, the art she created, and the women of Arshi, with audiences around the world.
Many of you have already contributed to our work. Thank you for joining us and for making a difference.
The International Documentary Association (IDA), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, is the fiscal sponsor for Threads, and all contributions to the film made through IDA are tax-deductible for U.S. persons to the full extent provided by law. Employers may match contributions as well. Donations from non-U.S. persons are vital to the completion of the film, but are not tax-deductible.
You can make a secure tax-deductible donation by credit card or PayPal by following this link to the IDA website. Or you can copy and paste http://documentary.org/fsp/3732 into your browser.
Why give now?
Threads is a unique and inspirational documentary film of a Bangladeshi Muslim woman who overcame physical, economic and social obstacles to liberate herself and hundreds of other women by creating timeless works of art.
With you along side us, we can finish the first cuts of the documentary and the final filming in Bangladesh in early 2012. From there, we aim to complete post-production in spring 2012 and start submitting THREADS to festivals!
We believe that this unique and inspirational story of art and human spirit needs to be told. Surayia is almost 80 years old and we would like her to be able to enjoy the film along with audiences worldwide. The clock is ticking…
We’re about halfway through filming and have raised $50,000 in donations and in-kind contributions so far. We are fully committed to this project. Since the conception of the documentary, others have joined us in this journey by volunteering their talent and time — filmmakers, photographers, printers, graphic artists, web designers, transcribers, friends!
We now need a community of people to come together in order to help us take the next steps. Join us!
These are our top five priorities for which we aim to raise $34,000:
$15,000 pays for film editing
$ 9,000 (BDT 630,000) covers production services, crew and equipment for filming in Bangladesh
$ 6,000 (or your donation of frequent flyer miles) makes possible travel to the film shoot in Bangladesh
$ 3,000 allows an award-winning story consultant to work along side us
$ 1,000 pays for transcription and translation of film footage
Every dollar counts!
From $5 for a crew meal in Dhaka to $34,000 to allow us to do more filmmaking and less fundraising, we appreciate your support in any amount!
Please sign up for our quarterly newsletter and regular blogs (on the left side of this page) so we can keep you posted on our progress.
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special thanks
Many people have contributed to our work in some special way. Thank you for your generous support of this film.
Surayia Rahman and her family
Generous private donors
Fox-Wilmar Productions editing services
Sage Internet Solutions Ltd. website services and consultation
PaperRhyme Advertising Ltd. Bangladesh translation, graphics, printing, outreach
Perfect Copy and Print graphics, printing
Capilano University Indigenous Independent Filmmaking Program equipment
Mimi Bean transcription
Tobie Caplette, To Be Heard Digital Films, Inc. still photography and filming
Austin Jansen clips
Suzanne Pelland graphic design
Jack Southall clips
Michael Stevulak photography and website services
Elthem Kabir, Md. Asaduzzaman transportation
Osman Yusuf accommodations
Firoze Ahmed too many things to list
