Knock Down The House: A Documentary

A project in Bronx, NY by Rachel Lears and Robin Blotnick
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Four extraordinary ordinary women run for Congress, battling powerful political machines in very different American landscapes.
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Backers: 424
Average Pledge Per Backer: $66

Funded: $28,111 of $25,000
Dates: Mar 1st -> Mar 30th (30 days)
Project By: Rachel Lears and Robin Blotnick
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We did it! You did it! THANK YOU!!!

March 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Dearest friends and supporters, 424 of you stepped up on Kickstarter to raise 112% of our initial goal—and between the matching fund and several new donors outside of Kickstarter, we actually far surpassed our stretch goal! This means that we’ll... (Read More)

Matching funds! And more TV coverage.

March 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear friends, We have some exciting news! A very committed supporter named Cherry Graziosi has offered to MATCH ALL PLEDGES (and pledge increases) from now until this campaign's end at 8:00PM ET Friday night. With this added motivation, our new... (Read More)

We did it!!! With 4 days to go—can we take this production to the next level?

March 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Dearest backers— We are humbled, thrilled and overwhelmed by your outpouring of support! Over 350 of you have joined us to make this project happen—with your help, we’re going to be able to cover this story! We can’t thank you enough!!!... (Read More)

We just cleared 20k!

March 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Dear Backers, Going forward with this project, whenever we find ourselves at a dark and uncertain crossroads (and these are inevitable in documentary) we will look back to this month and remember that hundreds of people, most of whom we didn't know,... (Read More)

Presenting five new short films excerpted from Knock Down the House!

March 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Dear backers, Welcome and a huge THANK YOU to all the new backers who have helped us get past 75% of the goal! Today is an exciting day—we have been hard at work on a new web series of short films adapted from this project and we’re so happy to... (Read More)

We’ve raised 15k in just two weeks! And stay tuned...

March 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear backers: A few days ago we set the goal of reaching the milestone of $15,000—60% of our goal—by today, and you helped us get there! We are floored, humbled and inspired by your generosity—and your personal messages of support about the... (Read More)

We're more than halfway there!

March 11th - via: kickstarter.com
My dear Kickstarter backers, Thank you!  And welcome to all our new backers! Yesterday, we saw a dramatic surge of new support and couldn't figure out where it was coming from, until we realized our teaser had been aired on the Kyle Kulinski... (Read More)

We could hit 10K today!

March 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Checking in with Alex Ocasio Cortez in Queens last night.   Dear backers, Thank you for your pledges and for continuing to spread the word about this project! Last night while progressives and women were racking up wins in the Texas Democratic... (Read More)

We're 33% funded!

March 5th - via: kickstarter.com
You people are the best! We asked you to help us reach 75 backers by today and we hit that number well before noon. We're now pretty much a third of the way toward our $25k goal on day five, which is a great place to be! We have a number of ideas to... (Read More)

We're in this together

March 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Dear backers, We would hug you if we could! You've come through for us in a big way. Some of you have had our back since our days making experimental ethnographic cinema. Some of you helped us get our last film, The Hand That Feeds into theaters.... (Read More)

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