PSA
A RL friend of mine, a documentary filmmaker, is raising money to get her feature length documentary edited. Men Coming Together: the tale of Hot Nude Yoga is about a community of gay men in New York City who practice naked yoga. If you'd like to/can afford to support independent filmmaking please consider clicking the link and leaving a donation. Or just re-post this on your own LJ. The more it gets out there the more potential donations. Thanks!
Support Men Coming Together: the tale of Hot Nude Yoga
(link probably NSFW, trailer at the top of the page shows naked bodies but no bits)
More about the project (from the website):
This hour-long documentary is a fascinating window into the life of a group of gay men as they try to build a spiritual community through the practice of Hot Nude Yoga (HNY). Men Coming Together follows the story of this group, lead by founder and teacher Aaron Star, and chronicles the evolution of HNY as it has grown - from its simple origins - through international media hype - to bicoastal expansion. Along the way, each member has to decide if the community that emerges is the spiritual home he originally envisioned.
Men Coming Together takes viewers on a physically and emotionally intimate journey with these men. Not only do we see the uncensored beauty of yoga, we witness the emotional catharsis that occurs from the experience. The story structure is character driven, following a chronological sequence of events that show how the community forms, grows, encounters crisis, and finally seeks to redefine itself.
We've got 90 hours of footage, an experienced, enthusiastic editor, and a great subject. In order to see this film through to fruition and have it ready for sale to television, $22K will be needed.
But, the good news is that … as little as $6K will get us through the editing process and leave us with a fine cut of the finished film, which puts us in a much better position to negotiate with distributors.
Support Men Coming Together: the tale of Hot Nude Yoga
(link probably NSFW, trailer at the top of the page shows naked bodies but no bits)
More about the project (from the website):
This hour-long documentary is a fascinating window into the life of a group of gay men as they try to build a spiritual community through the practice of Hot Nude Yoga (HNY). Men Coming Together follows the story of this group, lead by founder and teacher Aaron Star, and chronicles the evolution of HNY as it has grown - from its simple origins - through international media hype - to bicoastal expansion. Along the way, each member has to decide if the community that emerges is the spiritual home he originally envisioned.
Men Coming Together takes viewers on a physically and emotionally intimate journey with these men. Not only do we see the uncensored beauty of yoga, we witness the emotional catharsis that occurs from the experience. The story structure is character driven, following a chronological sequence of events that show how the community forms, grows, encounters crisis, and finally seeks to redefine itself.
We've got 90 hours of footage, an experienced, enthusiastic editor, and a great subject. In order to see this film through to fruition and have it ready for sale to television, $22K will be needed.
But, the good news is that … as little as $6K will get us through the editing process and leave us with a fine cut of the finished film, which puts us in a much better position to negotiate with distributors.