There Was Magic

A project in San Francisco, CA by Afonso Salcedo
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A touching, witty and glamorous look back at Hollywood and Fashion's most memorable AIDS benefit.
Backers: 155
Average Pledge Per Backer: $155

Funded: $23,972 of $53,000
Dates: Jun 3rd -> Jul 3rd (30 days)
Project By: Afonso Salcedo
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Latest News

Thank YOU

July 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
To all our backers, As you probably already found out, unfortunately we have not reached our goal to raise the money on Kickstarter and bring this movie to completion. We wanted to firstly extend a big thank you of support for all of you who believed... (Read More)

Last 16!

July 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
It's the last 16 hours of this project! Help us spread the word now, by copying/paste this link on your Facebook and emailing it to friends! http://bit.ly/twmfilm Thanks everyone! See you bright and early in the morning with a small update...  (Read More)

48 hours

July 1st - via: kickstarter.com
It's the last 48 hours of our project! Can you help us cross the 25k line? We're almost there! Please send a quick Facebook pledge alert with the link http://bit.ly/twmfilm and ask everyone to back our project. We thank you in advance for putting up... (Read More)

Let's bring it to 50!

June 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey peeps! As San Francisco Pride takes a whole new meaning this weekend, with the historical celebration of Equal Rights for the LGBT community due to the landmark decision by the Supreme Court, how about you help us get more pledges this weekend?... (Read More)

Last Week!

June 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Everyone!This is our last week push! We have less than a week left on our campaign, and we are asking YOU to help us in spreading the word out. Remember, we will NOT get any money if we don't reach the goal. 1. Copy and paste this link on your... (Read More)

Monday Update!

June 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Let's get this rolling!Hope everyone had a great weekend! We are now NINE days from the end of the campaign, so we need everyone to do one of the following if possible: 1. Share our film and ask your friends and family to pledge!... (Read More)

Another Monday!

June 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Backers!Hope everyone had a great and relaxing weekend! We're very glad to see several new backers these past few days, so a big thank you and welcome to our film journey. We're reaching a pretty big stretch goal! How about we get to 40% before... (Read More)

House of Style

June 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Everyone! Today is National Fund-An-Indie-Film Day! Well, not really, but wouldn't that be awesome?  Our usual thank you to all our backers, and again asking you to share this http://bit.ly/twmfilm page with your friends. It really does make a... (Read More)

Press Shares!

June 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi backers!As you know we've been getting an awesome collection of press/blog articles over the past week. I created a page to make it easy for you all to share it on Facebook... Since most of our pledges come from either direct email referrals or... (Read More)

1/3rd

June 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey backers and a big hello to the new ones. We just had another great start of our second week, about to reach a third of our fundraising goal at any moment! Thank you! Not only that, we had two new big press mentions. The best thing you can do to... (Read More)

First week!

June 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi everyone (and a big special hello to the new backers!), We just finished our first week of this campaign and we're happy to share with you we are currently at 30% of our total goal. We are still going ahead of schedule in our campaign, and you... (Read More)

How Fashion And Hollywood Came Together To Fight AIDS

June 10th - via: refinery29.com
Filmmaker Alfonso Salcedo has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund his movie There Was Magic, which looks back at those beyond glam AIDS benefits that took place each year in Los Angeles from 1986 to 1996. Inspired by the book Heavenly Bodies: Remembering Hollywood and Fashion's Favorite AIDS Benefit, which was written by the event's founder Michael Anketell, the film chronicles how the two industries came together in the midst of a crisis. (Read More)

Weekend Update

June 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi everyone! We just wanted to say a big thank you and welcome the new backers to our project. We are close to 100 backers and very, very close, to reaching 1/3rd of our fundraising goal. It's been a whirlwind of a week since our launch on Monday.... (Read More)

Happy Friday - New Reward

June 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi everyone! A big big thank you to every one of you who already pledged on our project. We are starting the fifth day of our campaign in an hour, and we couldn't be more excited with where this is going. And a giant welcome to all the new backers!... (Read More)

DVDs and More!

June 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Backers, A big hello and thank you to our new backers. This campaign is moving along smoothly, but we have two excitement announcements this morning for you all. 1. We added a new reward pledge for everyone. Now you can donate $30 or more and you... (Read More)

1/4th in 48 hours!

June 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi everyone, and a big welcome to our new backers, We just got to the end of our first 48 hours running this campaign, and we managed to reach 1/4th of our fundraising goal! This is incredible! It is all thanks to you, and your support with sharing... (Read More)

“There Was Magic” on Kickstarter

June 4th - via: sfgate.com
A touching, witty and glamorous look back at Hollywood and Fashion's most memorable AIDS benefit. (Read More)

Thank you!

June 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
To all the backers, thank you so so much! You have been central to our amazing first day run on Kickstarter, and we're happy to share with you... We just reached 20% of our fundraising goal in just 24 hours! We couldn't be more appreciative of your... (Read More)

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