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It was great to meet up at SXSW in Austin with Emily Best, Founder and CEO of Seed and Spark — thank you, Emily! Seed&Spark are building a new studio model, with fair and transparent business practices, and they deliver education, tools and resources that create access for all storytellers to get their work made and seen. Filmmaker friends, check them out: https://seedandspark.com/

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I'm making a movie inspired by Pan's Labyrinth. It's stars Tara Platt with creature design and build by Toby Froud in between other Shadowmachine projects. But we need help to get the campaign funded to make our film.

https://seedandspark.com/fund/the-way-of-things-film#story

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After just one week, we’ve made nearly half our campaign goal to fund the editing process. We’re blown away this community support.

Major thanks and appreciation for @igd_news, Red Pine Revolutionary Collective, @firestorm , and @TheFinalStrawRadio for supporting this series! We’re excited to be in association with such radical projects that we’ve admired for years! Your support is critical.

If your organization or collective is interested in supporting this docuseries come to life, send us a message or check out our Partnership Packet - link in bio!

Donations can be made to our Seed and Spark campaign:
https://seedandspark.com/fund/elements-of-mutual-aid#story

Solidarity. And all power to the people’s cinema! ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾

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Just backed Karen 1%, a musical sci-fi audio drama "about a Black woman in tech named Karen and the damages of our obsessive pursuit of innovation."

https://seedandspark.com/fund/karen-1/

My friend Bassey (who I don't think is on Mastodon...) and the team have been working on it for a long time. Excited that it'll be out soon!

#KarenOnePercent #SeedAndSpark