No Le Digas a Nadie (Don't Tell Anyone)

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Feature

Brooklyn

In the shadows of an abusive past and a precarious future, undocumented immigrant activist Angy Rivera tells her extraordinary journey from poverty in rural Colombia to the front page of the New York Times.

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About The Project

Our team has been following Angy since August 2012 and she has opened her home, her heart and her life to this film. We have over 200 hours of footage but as events unfold locally and nationally, there is more of the story we need to tell, not only with Angy and her family, but with the amazing people we’ve met through her along the way as well. The money raised through Seed&Spark would enable us to finish production and start editing so we can share this film with the world. From our entire team thank you all so much for your feedback and support.

Angy’s story needs to be told because as a country we are at a crossroads that will define who we are as a people. Will we be the country that embraces Angy’s resilience, her courage, her pursuit of life, liberty and happiness, or will we stand idly by allowing our children to continue to live in the shadows?

With the Senate already having approved a bill in favor of immigration reform in June and Obama urging the House to come to a vote before August recess, this is a story that speaks to the most urgent political issue of today. The fate of eleven million people and their families are at stake and it is youths like Angy and her community who are fighting the fight and making their voice heard.

The hope is for this film to join their chorus and put a human face to the struggles faced by a broken system. It is also to encourage compassion for Angy and the undocumented community's plight, to show that their hopes and dreams are part of the fabric of what we are as a country and illustrate the tangibility of our shared heritage as immigrants. A sense of possibility for these youths, their families and for this country is at the core of No le digas a nadie. This story is one of family, community, country and urgency. By making the political personal, this film speaks intimately to the very real ramifications of being undocumented in America.

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Show your solidarity and fashion sense with a one of a kind handmade bracelet by Angy herself. And the digitial download of course. (A portion of the proceeds from the bracelet go toward Angy's education fund.)

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$75 USD

A digital download of the film and original soundtrack by composer Benjamin Messelbeck.

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$100 USD

The official No le digas a nadie t-shirt! And, as I'm sure you guessed, the digital download.

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$150 USD

Your name in lights! See your name on the big screen under special thanks. And the digital download of the film of course.

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$200 USD

In the grand tradition of Public Television pledge drives you'll get the official tote bag! And the digital download and your name in lights in our special thanks.

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$250 USD

Combo pack! Get a digitial download of the film, the soundtrack, your name in lights, t-shirt, postcard and a shout out on our Facebook page.

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$500 USD

Ask us anything! A Skype Q&A with members of the team as well as the combo pack.

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$750 USD

Get inspired by Ask Angy herself! A Skpye Q&A with Angy and director Mikaela Shwer as well as the combo pack.

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$1,000 USD

Host a screening! Do you have an event or class where you'd like to share the film? A memebr of our team will introduce the film at a location of your choosing. (New York area only)

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$2,500 USD

Dinner with Angy and the team (NYC area only) plus 2 VIP tickets to a screening and the combo pack.

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$5,000 USD

Welcome to the team! Your name in lights as an Associate Producer at the very top of the end credits as well as 2 VIP tickets to a screening and the combo pack.

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Welcome to the team! Your name in lights as an Co-Producer at the very top of the end credits as well as 2 VIP tickets to a screening and the combo pack.

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$10,000 USD

From the best seats in the house to the after party, we'll roll out the red carpet for you and a guest at the New York premiere. As an Executive Producer you'll see your name in lights in the opening credits and get all of the official swag to boot.

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Mikaela Shwer - Director/Editor

Mikaela is an award-winning editor and filmmaker. In 2008 while taking a year in Australia, she participated in a film competition on the ground at the Cannes Film Festival where she won for “Emerging Editor” for her film 100 Mountains as well as “Best Editing” at the Flake Film Festival. In her time back in New York, Mikaela has worked on numerous documentaries including the award-winning series Brick City and Call Me Kuchu, a feature documentary on LGBT rights in Uganda which has won numerous awards on the festival circuit since premiering at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2012. Recently, she has broadened her work to narrative television and film, working on the critically acclaimed comedy Louie, as well as maintaining her documentary roots working with Ric Burns and Steeplechase Films. She is now embarking on directing her first feature documentary film.

Arianna LaPenne -Director of Photography

Arianna Lapenne is a Filmmaker and Cinematographer, born and raised in New York City, and maintains a home base in Brooklyn, though she escapes from time to time. She received a BFA in Film & TV from NYU Tisch School of the Arts, with special program work in Havana, Cuba. She shoots documentary, TV, commercial, news, and non-profit work. Arianna aims for imagery that seeks both inspiration from the mystical as well as the revelations of the "real". She is especially interested in how the presence of a camera can transform the ordinary into the surreal within the four corners of a frame.

Arianna's coverage of Hurricane Sandy was part of the New York Times breaking news video coverage that was awarded The Edward R Murrow Award this year. Arianna's video and photography has also been awarded by AI-AP, D&AD: Best Advertising & Design in the World, Photography Master's Cup, The One Club and has screened at Brooklyn Film Festival and Union Docs. A feature documentary Arianna shot last year in Cuba, about infamous artist Andres Serrano, will be broadcast by VICE next year. Arianna's documentary work has taken her to Mongolia, Iceland, Cuba, all over South East Asia, and Latin America.

Clients and branded content work include: Showtime, Travel Channel, The New York Times, VICE, The Daily, Funny or Die, Survival International, Somaly Mam Foundation, Heifer International, Children International, Nike, GOOGLE, Toyota, Dicks Sporting Goods, British Airways, Jet Blue, Diageo, Absolut, HSBC, Macys.

Katie O’Rourke - Producer

A Minnesota transplant, Katie O’Rourke is a New York based producer/editor whose work focuses on historical and cultural issues. Working with Emmy Award winning filmmaker Ric Burns at Steeplechase Films for the last three years, she has worked on films for PBS’s American Experience (Into the Deep: America, Whaling and the World and Death and the Civil War) as well as a short film on the history of Latin American immigration to New York for El Museo del Barrio and The New-York Historical Society, which was featured in the critically praised exhibit Nueva York. She is also working with the director of HBO's The Loving Story, Nancy Buirski, on her current film chronicling the life of dancer Tanaquil Le Clercq for PBS's American Masters series. Prior to working in documentary film, Katie was immersed in the world of new media as a producer of video content and social media strategy for Magnet Media.

Ben Messelbeck - Composer

Ben Messelbeck is a composer and musician working in Southern California. His music has been featured in major motion pictures and television shows, along with various ad campaigns and branded content. In addition to composing, Ben is an active musician, currently writing and performing with Robert Francis, Juliette Commagere, Robert Schwartzman and Love on a Real Train.

http://www.benmesselbeck.com
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