Help our Raging Abraham Lincoln flee Afghanistan!
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Lombo Bardi Productions (LBP) needs your help to bring our actor Abdul Wasi Sharifi, an extraordinary human and professional Afghan MMA fighter and promoter, and his family out of Kabul, Afghanistan, and onto the set of Savage Midlife for phase 3 of shooting! Abdul is slated to appear as RAGING ABRAHAM LINCOLN in the film -- You might recall the film is about two wrestling fans on a quest to recover a tank top worn by Raging Abraham Lincoln -- here’s a quick synopsis: https://vimeo.com/563910425
Without our raging Abe, there’s no tank top, and if there there's no tank top, there’s no movie! Help us get Abdul out of that Taliban nightmare and onto our set to shoot phase 3!
Savage Midlife phases:
Phase 1: https://vimeo.com/466310588
Phase 2: https://vimeo.com/607648665
Abdul is currently in UAE after successfully fleeing Afghanistan. Hurray! All the money raised will go directly to petition for Abdul with US Citizenship and Immigration Services and US Department of State to bring him, his wife and two children out of the UAE and to the U.S. and on set — If there's one thing this film can do is save four lives — it will have been worth it. To learn more about Abdul's plight Click here
The breakdown of immigration expenses:
- Immigration Petition I-129 = $460.00;
- Visa : $190 (family of four = $760);
- Premium Processing fee $2,500 will ensure USCIS adjudicates Abdul's application within 15 days of receiving it (alternatively its a 3-4 month wait).
- Flight: $859 per person (family of four = $3,436)
- Go fund me platform fees are 2.9% plus 30 cents per donation = $242 (estimated)
Total = $7428
Co-organizers (2)
Nicholas Costa
Organizer
Portland, OR
Daniela Scrima
Co-organizer