CATHEDRALS – A Short Film to Benefit the Blind

A project in Los Angeles, CA by Ben Caro
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A modern take on the Raymond Carver story "Cathedral" to benefit organizations that help the blind.
Backers: 150
Average Pledge Per Backer: $138

Funded: $20,686 of $16,000
Dates: Aug 10th -> Sep 10th (31 days)
Project By: Ben Caro
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Latest News

Crew Announcement: Cinematographer Akis Konstantakopoulos

September 9th - via: kickstarter.com
We are excited to have Greek cinematographer Akis Konstantakopoulos on board to shoot Cathedrals. Akis is a lover of European films and has an amazing eye for light and composition. Just check out his reel. He also shot West Virginia Stories, a... (Read More)

Interview on "Just Shoot It" Podcast

September 8th - via: kickstarter.com
It's a huge honor to join actor Mary Kate Wiles on Just Shoot It, the awesome directing podcast from Oren Kaplan and Matt Enlow, to talk about Kickstarter! If you're interested in starting a Kickstarter or learning more about the behind the scenes of... (Read More)

WE MADE IT!!!

September 7th - via: kickstarter.com
We reached our goal, everyone, with 2 days left! Thank you so much for all your support!!! I am floored! As an extra, I caught myself on video reacting to reaching the goal. I booted up FB Live because I thought we were close, then BAM, it happened.... (Read More)

Milestone #2: 100 Backers

September 7th - via: kickstarter.com
    Thank you so much everyone. It's been amazing to see the windfall coming in the last few days to save this project and make sure we make it to our goal. Thank you so much for your support. I can't believe we're so close!  (Read More)

Selected as a "Project We Love"!

September 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Kickstarter has selected "Cathedrals" as a "Project We Love!" This means it has a better chance at showing up on the Kickstarter homepage, and increasing the chance of appealing to supporters I wasn't able to reach out to personally. This is an... (Read More)

Costumes and Production Design

September 4th - via: kickstarter.com
People tend to disregard the importance and awesomeness of great costumes, props and decor. It's not as "sexy" as casting a famous actor or renting the latest camera technology. However, both what characters are wearing and the space surrounding them... (Read More)

MORE PRESS - "A Director's Experience: Creating Employment Opportunities for Individuals Who Are Blind"

August 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everybody! We are heading into the 3rd week with 80% of our goal. It's close. We can taste it! The way Kickstarter works, your amazing pledge won't help unless we reach 100% of our goal, so reach out to friends who might want to join us. The... (Read More)

A Director

August 25th - via: afb.org
Some data suggests that about 70 percent of people who are blind or visually impaired are unemployed and almost a third live in poverty. (Read More)

"Cripping Up" Robs Opportunities From Actors Who Need Them

August 24th - via: txdisabilities.org
We've cast Rick Boggs, blind since age 5, to play the lead role in Cathedrals. (Read More)

I wrote an article! "Cripping Up Robs Opportunities From Actors Who Need Them"

August 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Check this out! I wrote a guest post for the Cinema Touching Disability Festival about the need to cast disabled actors in roles for the disabled. "From The Miracle Worker to Rain Man, actors become known for their performances portraying disabled... (Read More)

Milestone #1: 50 BACKERS!

August 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Yessss!      I just want to thank everyone. The past two days were huge for us. We had 17 backers pledge their support. That brings us to a total of 53 backers today! That's so awesome! We still have a long way to go to make this a reality, but... (Read More)

Why Adapt Raymond Carver?

August 16th - via: kickstarter.com
I spent so much time in the video talking about why we need to support the blind that I wasn't able to mention why it's important to make a solid, modern Raymond Carver's adaptation of "Cathedral." ----- The problems with adapting Carver lie with... (Read More)

A Short Film to Benefit the Blind: Cathedrals Kickstarter Launch

August 15th - via: bencaro.com
Cathedrals is an exciting adaptation of the Raymond Carver story  (Read More)

Almost $1,000 on Day 1!

August 11th - via: kickstarter.com
WE'RE DOING AWESOME!!! Thanks so much to those who have already donated! I'm so stoked to have raised almost $1,000 on day 1. You early backers mean so much to me. I'm going to do what I can to get others to join us and do everyone right by making... (Read More)

Kickstarter Rewards for My Short Film

April 4th - via: bencaro.com
This will be one of the most epic effective, crazy fairly normal Kickstarter videos of all time. (Read More)

"Cathedrals" Announcement

December 13th - via: bencaro.com
For a couple years I (Read More)

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