[Migrantjusticedocumentary] indiegogo - last steps

[Catherine Kendler]

Hi Nico,

Here's the text for indiegogo you asked to be edited!

*The Montreal Migrant Justice Documentary Project Needs Your Help!*

*Who we are & what this project is*

We are a group of community organizers and media-activists in Montreal who
have been working on a video documentary project about grassroots migrant
justice struggles in Canada. At its core, our documentary is meant to serve
as a popular education tool both for people who already do migrant justice
work as well as the broader Montreal community and beyond.

Through the testimonies of migrants who have struggled or are struggling
today to remain in Canada, the documentary aims to debunk the myth of
Canada as a welcoming, multicultural country, and to expose the
exploitative, colonial, and imperial foundations of Canada and its
immigration system. It is also a platform for people struggling against the
immigration system to tell their stories and to highlight their ongoing
resistance and that of their allies which undermines the racist colonial
borders of the Canadian state.

Throughout the duration of this project, we have worked in collaboration
with members of many migrant justice groups such as Solidarity Across
Borders, the Immigrant Workers Centre, Mexicans United for Regularization,
No One Is Illegal, the Temporary Foreign Workers Alliance, and people
directly affected by Canada’s unjust immigration policies. Thus, our
project has always prioritized and been shaped by the voices of Montreal’s
migrant justice community and those directly affected. We believe that this
documentary will be an invaluable resource within our communities and as a
means of educating people about migrant justice struggles both nationally
and internationally.

Over the past year and a half, we have been consulting with local migrant
justice groups and filming marches, community events, and press
conferences, as well as conducting interviews and spending countless hours
editing. Our project is nearing its final stages but we need your help in
order to complete it and distribute this resource!

*What We Need & What You Get*

 In order to finish this project, we need to:

   - cover the costs of post-production and distribution
   - translate and subtitle our film in French and Spanish
   - sound-correct our film
   - create interactive graphics and credits
   - create a website and online archive of all our interviews and b-roll
   for future filmmakers to use free of rights
   - support our production crew
   - burn DVDs so we can spread our documentary far and wide!



Estimated total costs: $7500

*Don't forget to claim a perk!!*

*The Impact*

Not only will this documentary be a popular education tool that will help
foster networks of mutual aid and shared resistance, it will also provide
an anticolonial perspective of the immigration system in so-called
Canada, and elevate the voices of migrants who have struggled or are
directly affected today by Canadian immigration policies and programs.

The goal of this project is to share our struggles, educate people and
communities, and garner popular support. As first-time filmmakers, we hope
to share the skills we have learned over the past year with other radical
media-activists and community organizers.

   - Explain why your project is valuable to the contributor and to the
   world.
   - Point out your successful track record with projects like this (if you
   have one).
   - Make it real for people and build trust.

*Other Ways You Can Help*

A small donation. *Even $5 will help tremendously*.

Some people just can't contribute, but that doesn't mean they can't
help. If you can share this request with your networks—via email, Facebook
and/or Twitter—we believe we can reach our goal!

*So please share and tell your friends! *





On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 7:04 PM, Nicolas Quiazua <nicolas.quiazua at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hiii-  Hope you are all doing well. Welcome back ceraaaaaa :)
> So, the indiegogo is almost ready to be launched. If you want, you can
> sign in on indiegogo with:
> migrantjusticedocumentary at resist.ca & the pw: migrantarchive
> *So this is where things are at:*
> - We have a trailer. I will send on the list tomorrow to see if folks are
> ok with it.
> - I copied the text that we would be using, below. It's based partly on
> what Otto had put together!! //////// Can someone please check spelling
> and grammar, and maybe help me out with the french translation?
> - We still need to compile a list of perks and for how much we are giving
> them for. We can maybe finalize this next time some of us are at the
> office?
> - Anddd, we need to compile a list of emails that we can send and have
> some folks ready to throw a few hundred bones our way as soon as we launch
> it. (ighss)
> Let me know if i'm missing anything!
> <3 Nico
> |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
>
> *The Montreal Migrant Justice Documentary Project Needs Your Help!*
>  Who are we & what is this project
>
> We are a group of community organizers and media-activists in Montreal who
> have been working on a video documentary project about grassroots migrant
> justice struggles in Canada. At its core, our documentary is meant to serve
> as a popular education tool for both people who already do migrant justice
> work as well as the broader Montreal community and beyond.
>
> Through the testimonies of migrants who have struggled or are struggling
> today to remain in Canada, the documentary attempts to debunk the myth of
> Canada as a welcoming multicultural country, and to expose the
> exploitative, colonial and imperial foundations of Canada and its
> immigration system. It is also a platform for people struggling against the
> immigration system to tell their stories and to highlight the ongoing
> resistance by migrants and allies to undermine the racist colonial borders
> of the Canadian state.
>
> Throughout the duration of this project, we have worked in collaboration
> with members of many migrant justice groups such as Solidarity Across
> Borders, the Immigrant Workers Centre, Mexicans United for Regularization,
> No One Is Illegal, the Temporary Foreign Workers Alliance, and people
> directly affected by Canada’s unjust immigration policies. Thus, our
> project has always prioritized and been shaped by the voices of Montreal’s
> migrant justice community and directly affected people. We believe that
> this documentary will be an invaluable resource to use within our
> communities and to spread education about migrant justice struggles both
> nationally and internationally as well.
>
> Over the past year and a half, we have been consulting with local migrant
> justice groups, filming marches, community events, and press conferences,
> as well as conducting interviews and spending countless hours editing. Our
> project is nearing its final stages but we need your help in order to
> complete this project and distribute this resource around!
>
> What We Need & What You Get
>
>  If we break down these costs:
>
>    - In order to finish this project, we need your help to cover the
>    costs of post-production and distribution.
>    - We need to translate and subtitle our film in French and Spanish,
>    sound correct our film, create inetractive graphics and credits, create a
>    website and online archive of all our interviews and b-roll for future
>    filmmakers to use free of rights, support our pruduction crew, and burn
>    DVDs so we can spread our documentary far and wide!
>    - Estimated total costs of $7500
>
> *Don't forget to claim a perk!!*
>
>
>  The Impact
>
> Not only will this documentary be a popular education tool helping to
> foster netwtworks of mutual aid and shared resistance, but it will provide
> an anticolonial perspective of the immigration system in so-called
> Canada, and elevate the voices of migrants who have struggled or are
> directly affected today by Canadian immigration policies and programs.
>
> The goal of this project is to share our struggles, educate our peoples
> and communities, and garner popular support. As first time filmmakers, we
> hope to share the skills we have learned over the past year with other
> radical media-activists and community organizers.
>
>    - Explain why your project is valuable to the contributor and to the
>    world.
>    - Point out your successful track record with projects like this (if
>    you have one).
>    - Make it real for people and build trust.
>
> Other Ways You Can Help
>
> A small donation, *even $5 will help tremendously*.
>
> Some people just can't contribute, but that doesn't mean they can't
> help. If you can share this request with your networks, by email, Facebook
> and/or Twitter I think we can make our goal!
>
> *So please share and tell your friends! *
>
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>
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