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Dear friends of I USED TO BE DARKER, First, my apologies for the radio silence. I think an update is overdue!  The first few months of 2013 have been quite a ride for our little film. In January we premiered at Sundance, and in February we returned... (Read More)

With one day left in January, there’s still time for the annual media ritual: celebrating Kickstarter’s crowdfunded contributions to world cinema. NPR has already noted that 10 percent of this year’s Sundance selections raised money through Startupland’s answer to Harvey Weinstein. That’s the same percentage of the Sundance slate Kickstarter helped back in 2012. (Read More)

Kickstarter has been helping self-starters get self-started since 2009 by giving them a place to earn their seed money. One of the ways these future moguls entice people to back their work is to offer rewards: If you donate a certain amount of money, you will receive something in return; the larger your check, the larger your reward. And after four years, some Kickstarter rewards are just as clever—if not more so—than the project that the creators are trying to fund. (Read More)

Exciting news! indieWire has selected I USED TO BE DARKER as one of three contenders for the honor of being their Project of the Week. We just need your vote! You have until 1pm today. Back on August 10, DARKER was selected as Project of the Day,... (Read More)

We made it through an exciting final three days of shooting. Thanks to all the kind folks of Ocean City, MD for extending their generosity to us as we came through with our DARKER team. And thanks, as ever, to our hard-working cast and crew. Our team... (Read More)

It's crunch time here rounding the final bend of our campaign . Thank you to everyone that's generously contributed already. We could not have gotten this far without your help. The shoot continues to be incredible, with more and more support being... (Read More)

We've just wrapped week 1 of our Baltimore shoot and are all incredibly inspired by how everything's coming together! Check out this great Baltimore Sun feature on the film and our campaign, top story in today's Arts & Entertainment section! ... (Read More)

Darker: Day 1 of our shoot! Against many odds, we have forged ahead with production thanks to the kind support of 247 backers thus far, and are right around halfway to our goal in raising our $40k shooting budget. We have added a new level thanks to... (Read More)

Hi folks! We're at 40% today, with 16 days to go! We've just added a new incentive level: for a donation of $125, receive the $5 - $45 prizes, plus a signed, original 20"x27" Fuji Crystal Archive photographic print from my BMA installation, DAYS ARE... (Read More)