IndieGoGo Campaign Wrap-up
Thank you so much for supporting the La Source Social Action Campaign! 80 of you courageously contributed a total of $7,110 to our IndieGoGo campaign. Thousands of others shared and promoted the campaign through Twitter, Facebook, and their blogs. We should all be proud of what we’ve accomplished. Though we didn’t reach our $15,000 IndieGoGo [...]
Special Drawing for IndieGoGo Donors
As a thank you, at the end of this campaign, six randomly selected donors will receive one of the following additional perks: 1) A pair of VIP tickets ($75 value) to see Nick Kroll at the Laugh Factory in Los Angeles on December 5, 2011. 2) A VIP pass (good for 8 people) to the [...]
What the Action Campaign is Really About
I’m writing this on Tuesday, November 15 at 3:33am and I’ve been awake for nearly 24 hours now working on two different freelance projects. I’m a bit exhausted but I’m feeling compelled to blog before I sleep tonight about something I need to get out of my system. If you follow us on Twitter or [...]
We’ll Make a Film About You
The La Source IndieGoGo campaign ends on Wednesday, November 16 at 11:59pm and we’re still trying to make it to our $15,000 goal, so we’re going to sweeten the pot a bit. Donate $2,500 or more and award-winning filmmakers Patrick Shen & Brandon Vedder will personally make a 5-minute documentary about you, your organization, or [...]
Sneak Peek of La Source: Supplies Arrive in La Source
Rather than raising a few bucks here and there at our screenings of this film, we’re launching a national campaign which will create a movement that will have an exponential effect on tackling the global water crisis. Join us. We can’t do it without your help. give.lasourcemovie.com
Pledge & Receive a FREE Holstee Manifesto Poster
We’re honored to be partnered with Holstee for this promotion to offer the next five backers who contribute $250 or more to our IndieGoGo campaign a coupon code to get your very own 18×24 Holstee Manifesto poster (shipping included for U.S. orders). This beautifully designed, letter-pressed poster has been spotted in libraries, classrooms, homes, and [...]
Online Fundraising Campaign Launches 9.10.11
Watch the video above and then click here to get involved.
Haiti: One Year Later
Today we will be bombarded once again with the horrific images of the earthquake that Haiti sustained one year ago. Many people will do this in hopes of drawing an emotional response and/or money out of us. By the end of the day, many of us will return to our lives, to a home cooked [...]
“La Source” part of 100 Shows for Haiti
Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011 is the first anniversary of the devastating 2010 earthquake that hit Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas. There is still a lot of work to be done. 100ShowsforHaiti.com is organizing 100 shows between Jan. 7-16, 2011, where all proceeds will go towards direct humanitarian aid to Haiti. “La Source” is in post-production, but [...]
Day 3 Video – 60 hr. La Source Editing Marathon!
Here you go, people. Day three of my 60 hour editing marathon is now up. Just in case you haven’t seen the Day 1 or Day 2 videos, I spent 60 hours over four days, editing “La Source,” to help push it along in the editing process. I shot some short videos on my iPhone [...]
Day 2 Video – 60 hr. La Source Editing Marathon!
Here you go, people. Day 2 of my 60 hour editing marathon is now online. Just in case you haven’t seen Day 1, I spent 60 hours over four days, editing “La Source” to push the documentary towards the finish line for the extended deadline the Sundance Film Festival gave us (Thanks Sundance!). I shot [...]
MyGenerosityWater.org Raises $20,000 in One Month
Generosity Water, a partner in our documentary “La Source,” is a Los Angeles-based non-profit organization dedicated to building wells in developing countries to bring clean water to those in need, and raising awareness of the global water crisis. In two years, they have raised over $1 million and funded over 130 water projects in 16 [...]
Nominated for MY HERO Film Festival’s Daniel Eldon Activist Award
The La Source trailer has been nominated for MY HERO International Film Festival’s Daniel Eldon Activist Award. The award is in honor of humanitarian and journalist Daniel Eldon. Eldon was one of the few westerners reporting on the crisis in Somolia in 1993. He was killed in 1993 by an angry mob in the nation’s [...]
David Darg’s Experience Regarding Cholera Outbreak in Haiti on BBC News
David Darg, who is featured in the La Source documentary and is also the Director of International Disaster Relief and Special Projects for Operation Blessing International, described first-hand what he is seeing in Haiti as it has been announced that there is a cholera outbreak. In his eyewitness account featured on BBC News (Oct. 21, [...]
Day 1 Video – Race to Sundance – 60 hr. Editing Marathon
I spent 60 hours, over four days, editing “La Source” to push the documentary towards the finish line for the extended deadline the Sundance Film Festival gave us (Thanks Sundance!). I shot some short videos on my iPhone each day to give you all a glimpse of what those 60 hrs. looked like. One of [...]
Continuing the Conversation on Water – Blog Action Day 2010
Annually Change.org hosts Blog Action Day in an effort to unite bloggers worldwide to write about the topic of choice chosen for that year. Nearly one billion people don’t have access to clean water. Therefore, it is quite appropriate that this year’s topic was water. Our documentary, “La Source,” sheds light on the subject, so [...]
Planning Haiti Trip #1
Some of the Haiti crew meet for the first time to discuss our first trip to La Source, Haiti on March 29, 2010. From left to right, Jordan Wagner (Producer), Michael Tsao (Production Assistant), Jess Koehler (Photographer), Brandon Vedder (DP).
Haiti trip #1
It’s official, we’re off to Haiti March 28 to begin filming the La Source portions of the film. This will be trip 1 of 3 during which we’ll document the Generosity Water team work with Josue to assess the project of constructing a permanent fresh water solution for the 3,000 people of La Source.
La Source Trailer
In La Source, water does not come easily. For the past two hundred years, villagers of this remote Haitian village have had to choose either to endure a dangerous and physically taxing walk to fetch clean water or drink contaminated water from a nearby river. For over 30 years the people in the village have [...]
