#FindingWhyFilm - Give WOC a Voice in the Outdoors
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FILM WEBSITE: findingwhyfilm.com
Welcome to the fundraising page for #FindingWhy Film! We're SO thankful for your interest in our project.
As Yudi says in the video above, this is far more than an adventure film. "It’s a way of featuring women of color in the outdoors, and their unique perspectives, while breaking stigmas and stereotypes culturally and socially."
If you're like us, you want to see more Women of Color in outdoor advertisements, social media, and film. There is a void here that we hope to have some part in filling with this film. We hope to share in bringing awareness to all women who love adventure that there IS a place for them in the outdoors, and to advocate for more representation of women of color in outdoor media.
This film will follow Yudi (@yudi_guillen), a highly relatable outdoor enthusiast with a touching story behind her love for nature, as she embarks on a multi-state adventure through the Rockies. Her journey will take her deep into the wilderness, but more importantly, deep into what it means to be a woman of color in today's modern outdoor culture. Sharing part of this journey with her two sisters who have never gone backpacking before, it will open up conversations about what makes people fall in love with the outdoors so much that they suffer the toils of the wilderness to keep coming back. What is the "Why" that drives someone. But more importantly, she will show that the outdoors is a place for anyone; that "adventure is colorful", and shed some light on the detriments of cultural stigmas and racial and sexual stereotypes that have discouraged women like her from venturing out and finding their why for centuries.
Our small team is working hard on this film. We’ve funded it thus far out of our own pockets and a small grant, using our savings and even selling our own furniture. But this is something we’ve gladly sacrificed for because it’s a movement we truly believe in. And it has all served to kickstart this project, but now, we need to bring it to the finish line. In order to build this platform, WE NEED YOUR HELP!
Your donations will help to pay for the expensive Filming Permits necessary to filming in the national parks and national forests, which will in turn, give us a chance to take you, the viewer, into some pretty cool places that you may have never seen before. We’re taking you right into the heart of the Rockies, in peak fall season. Your donations will also help us pay for some of the necessary gear, lodging, and transportation needed to make this production possible.
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If you donate $50, you will receive a postcard from the trip of the Grand Tetons, signed by the cast and crew.
For $100, you will receive an 11x17 film poster also signed by the cast and crew.
For $250, you will receive a signed post card and film poster along with a social media shoutout on our Instagram story.
For $500, you will receive everything mentioned before, plus a special thanks with your name in the film’s closing credits.
For $1,000, you will receive everything mentioned before, but instead of a post card, you will receive a 20x36 canvas photo print of the Grand Tetons or Wind Rivers, whichever you would prefer, signed on the back by the cast and crew.
And for $2,500, you will receive everything mentioned before, but instead of a post card or canvas print, you will receive a premium coffee table production book, signed by the cast and crew, featuring full page and full spread photos in vibrant color, from the trip to Grand Teton National Park, the Wind River Range, and Glacier National Park along with behind the scenes shots of the cast and crew during the making of the film, and stories and production notes from the adventure.
*All photo gifts (post card, canvas print, and coffee table production book), will feature professionally captured shots of Bridger Teton National Forest, Grand Teton National Park and Glacier National Park, taken during THIS adventure by the film's Director @jmmcmillon
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We truly appreciate anything you give to make this project possible. And if you’re feeling extra generous, please share us on your social media @findingwhyfilm
Once completed, the film will be posted on our website, findingwhyfilm.com. Drop by the site and social media pages to see updates on our progress. And be watching for the film’s release this winter!
Welcome to the fundraising page for #FindingWhy Film! We're SO thankful for your interest in our project.
As Yudi says in the video above, this is far more than an adventure film. "It’s a way of featuring women of color in the outdoors, and their unique perspectives, while breaking stigmas and stereotypes culturally and socially."
If you're like us, you want to see more Women of Color in outdoor advertisements, social media, and film. There is a void here that we hope to have some part in filling with this film. We hope to share in bringing awareness to all women who love adventure that there IS a place for them in the outdoors, and to advocate for more representation of women of color in outdoor media.
This film will follow Yudi (@yudi_guillen), a highly relatable outdoor enthusiast with a touching story behind her love for nature, as she embarks on a multi-state adventure through the Rockies. Her journey will take her deep into the wilderness, but more importantly, deep into what it means to be a woman of color in today's modern outdoor culture. Sharing part of this journey with her two sisters who have never gone backpacking before, it will open up conversations about what makes people fall in love with the outdoors so much that they suffer the toils of the wilderness to keep coming back. What is the "Why" that drives someone. But more importantly, she will show that the outdoors is a place for anyone; that "adventure is colorful", and shed some light on the detriments of cultural stigmas and racial and sexual stereotypes that have discouraged women like her from venturing out and finding their why for centuries.
Our small team is working hard on this film. We’ve funded it thus far out of our own pockets and a small grant, using our savings and even selling our own furniture. But this is something we’ve gladly sacrificed for because it’s a movement we truly believe in. And it has all served to kickstart this project, but now, we need to bring it to the finish line. In order to build this platform, WE NEED YOUR HELP!
Your donations will help to pay for the expensive Filming Permits necessary to filming in the national parks and national forests, which will in turn, give us a chance to take you, the viewer, into some pretty cool places that you may have never seen before. We’re taking you right into the heart of the Rockies, in peak fall season. Your donations will also help us pay for some of the necessary gear, lodging, and transportation needed to make this production possible.
_________________________________________________
If you donate $50, you will receive a postcard from the trip of the Grand Tetons, signed by the cast and crew.
For $100, you will receive an 11x17 film poster also signed by the cast and crew.
For $250, you will receive a signed post card and film poster along with a social media shoutout on our Instagram story.
For $500, you will receive everything mentioned before, plus a special thanks with your name in the film’s closing credits.
For $1,000, you will receive everything mentioned before, but instead of a post card, you will receive a 20x36 canvas photo print of the Grand Tetons or Wind Rivers, whichever you would prefer, signed on the back by the cast and crew.
And for $2,500, you will receive everything mentioned before, but instead of a post card or canvas print, you will receive a premium coffee table production book, signed by the cast and crew, featuring full page and full spread photos in vibrant color, from the trip to Grand Teton National Park, the Wind River Range, and Glacier National Park along with behind the scenes shots of the cast and crew during the making of the film, and stories and production notes from the adventure.
*All photo gifts (post card, canvas print, and coffee table production book), will feature professionally captured shots of Bridger Teton National Forest, Grand Teton National Park and Glacier National Park, taken during THIS adventure by the film's Director @jmmcmillon
______________________________________________
We truly appreciate anything you give to make this project possible. And if you’re feeling extra generous, please share us on your social media @findingwhyfilm
Once completed, the film will be posted on our website, findingwhyfilm.com. Drop by the site and social media pages to see updates on our progress. And be watching for the film’s release this winter!
Organizer
Yudi Velasquez
Organizer
San Antonio, TX