The Sacred & The Snake
by Liminal Films
Liminal Films
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The Sacred & The Snake
by Liminal Films
Liminal Films
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By supporting this project you're part of a historic moment - an awakening of consciousness around Indigenous and environmental sovereignty. You are elevating the message that protecting Indigenous territories begins with protecting Indigenous womxn, two-spirit, and youth. (Watch TRAILER below)
By supporting this project you're part of a historic moment - an awakening of consciousness around Indigenous and environmental sovereignty. You are elevating the message that protecting Indigenous territories begins with protecting Indigenous womxn, two-spirit, and youth. (Watch TRAILER below)
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Story
Mission Statement
The Sacred & The Snake's goal is to amplify Indigenous voices, particularly Indigenous womxn, two-spirit, and non-binary people - the people that founded and front-lined the Standing Rock movement. These are the voices that have been historically silenced and we've chosen to highlight in this film.About The Project
WATCH OUR TRAILER HERE
At Standing Rock, a two-spirit Jicarilla Apache/Navajo youth leader, a Lakota matriarch, and a non-binary Appalachian join the resistance against the Dakota Access Pipeline. They each discover their power within a movement that echoes worldwide - but as each returns home determined to break the cycle of intergenerational trauma and abuse, they realize their battle has just begun.
THE STORY
The Sacred & The Snake follows three Water Protectors – Lauren, Cheryl, and Olive – through their transformative experiences at Standing Rock and beyond. At the resistance camps they reclaim their cultures and experience a freedom and solidarity they never knew before. From summer to fall and through a bitter winter, they endeavor to protect the Missouri River from the $3.8 billion Dakota Access Pipeline by halting construction and maintaining a physical and spiritual presence on the proposed route. Like the tribes gathered there, they fear that if completed, the pipeline will leak crude oil into a watershed that not only supports the Standing Rock Sioux, but millions of others downstream.
The film opens in the present. As Lauren, Cheryl, and Olive's stories unfold, their experiences with other environmental struggles across the country trigger flashbacks to Standing Rock and the events that led each of them there. For each of the womxn and youth in this film, the violence of Big Oil on their sacred lands re-awakens their own personal traumas; there is a direct connection between the genocide of their people, the abuse of their land and water, and their own personal histories. Each must overcome their painful pasts to rise up as leaders of a reinvigorated Indigenous rights movement. They each carry forth the mantle to protect the sacred, knowing that the spirit and the land are intertwined, and you cannot heal one without healing the other.
Lauren, 21, is a two-spirit Jicarilla Apache and Navajo who has contended with the effects of colonization her whole life. She and her twin brother Alex were adopted and grew up on reservations in New Mexico, where she struggled with alcohol addiction since her early teens. When she suddenly takes a roadtrip to the Standing Rock camps with Alex, she begins reclaiming control of her life. She helps found the International Indigenous Youth Council (IIYC) to empower younger, historically silenced, and diverse voices. With their love and support, she gives up drinking and finds her voice and a new family.
Cheryl, 57, is a soft-spoken, iron-willed Lakota elder who takes her experience from the first Keystone XL Pipeline battle to help form the first camp at Sacred Stone in Standing Rock, and reinvigorates spirits by embracing the youth as leaders while passing on her knowledge of prayerful resistance. After her son is imprisoned for locking himself to construction equipment, her whole family takes on the pledge to fight, even if it means risking abuse and felony charges. Cheryl remains committed to the cause and carries her message of prayerful resistance across the Americas.
Olive (they/them), 24, is a non-binary Appalachian originally from West Virginia who decided to fight the pipeline after seeing the effects of ecocide firsthand in their own home and in their pilgrimage to Central America. With adoptive Chiricahua/Mescalero Apache and Lakota Tiospayé, they learn the traditional teachings of the Red Road and support the collective struggle surrounding ancestral trauma from colonization. They find their place at Standing Rock training newcomers in the basics of nonviolent direct action. They often make their way to the front line, singing Lakota prayer songs before militarized police and enduring arrests from occupying construction sites. Olive, a survivor of sexual assault, mental illness, and binary gender norms, helps to form the Two Spirit/Womxn security team to address decolonization regarding roles and safety of Two Spirit/Womxn water protectors. They vow to stay until the pipeline is defeated and even become a paralegal to help loved ones facing political imprisonment from federal charges.WHERE DOES MY PLEDGE GO?
Thanks so much for considering a pledge to support this film. The funds raised during this crowdfunding campaign will go directly towards:
- Paying our Editor to get us to the crucial Fine Cut stage
- Paying our Indigenous consultants and our Producer Jordan Marie Brings Three White Horses Daniel
- Paying our Indigenous composers to score the film
- Paying an Indigenous Animator / Graphics Artist to bring our participants' backstories to life
- Paying an Archivist to collect material to build the film's backstory
Click on the "Wishlist" tab for details about how you can directly contribute to one of these goals!
WHERE WILL THE FILM GO?
We want this film to reach the widest audience possible! We're planning a hybrid distribution model so the film will be available on major streaming platforms but also on public television for those communities with limited internet access. We will also collaborate with our participants in organizing multiple screenings on reservations, where they can engage their communities in discussions about Standing Rock, Indigenous-led resistance, environmental justice, and other themes raised in the film.
WHAT WILL THE FILM DO?
This film focuses on how the experience of collective trauma, cultural self-discovery, and non-violent direct action catalyzed an array of other resistance movements across the country. While much of the public accepts the media narrative that Standing Rock was a failure, this film and these participants defiantly show otherwise.
We are planning a robust Impact campaign that will support and expand upon the film’s themes and goals during release:
- Provide material support to Indigenous organizations working in environmental justice, food sovereignty, MMIW, and other areas of Indigenous sovereignty.
- Reserve 25% of the film’s proceeds for Indigenous organizations our participants and stakeholders identify as key partners.
- Invite leaders from these organizations to travel with the film to guide structured conversations at screenings across the country – on reservations, in communities affected by these issues, and legislators’ offices.
- Contribute to amplifying Indigenous storytelling by using proceeds from the film to support an up-and-coming Indigenous filmmaker.
At our public screenings, we hope to engage local audiences, nonprofits, policymakers, and funders in conversations centering Treaty Law as well as Indigenous and environmental sovereignty. We hope audiences will connect with this film through the humanity of these powerful individuals as they share their message that protecting Indigenous territories begins with protecting Indigenous womxn and two-spirit people.
I WANT TO PLEDGE BUT I NEED A TAX-DEDUCTION
**If you're interested in making a large donation and you need it to be tax-deductible - please reach out to us at info@liminalfilms.co and we will direct you to our Fiscal Sponsor where you can make a tax-deductible donation.
OTHER WAYS YOU CAN HELP
In order to reach our goal, we will need help from as many of you as possible. In addition to contributing to the campaign, sharing the link to the campaign via social media will help to spread the word about this important story.
STRETCH GOALS
What an incredible month it has been! Thank you so much for being part of this community. We are heartened at the overwhelming response to 'The Sacred & The Snake' and can't help but feel we are on the cusp of meaningful change.
We're dreaming big, and wanted to share our stretch goals and perks.
Once we hit our $35k goal, our first big stretch goal is $50k. The additional funds would allow us to pay our Indigenous Impact Producer to begin laying the groundwork for a meaningful Impact Campaign. It's not enough to complete this film if it isn't serving the communities it depicts. We want to work with reservations, communities, and lawmakers to educate the public about Indigenous sovereignty and the environment in order to enact lasting changes that benefit Indigenous Peoples across Turtle Island.
Donors above the $50 level who help us reach this stretch goal will receive a free download of the Cherry Creek Singers' album 'Canpa Wakpa Oka' in addition to the chosen perk at their level.
Our second stretch goal is $75k, which would help us reserve funds for one of the more costly aspects of post-production, finishing the film with professional color and sound editing. Once the edit is complete next year, we'll go through a rigorous process to make sure the film looks and sounds as good as it can possibly be, while adhering to the technical specifications required by broadcast and streaming distribution outlets.
Donors above the $75 level who help us reach this stretch goal will receive a bonus t-shirt of their choice in addition to the chosen perk at their level.
Alright, this is the big one, and would make a world of difference in getting this film out to the world faster. Reaching our final stretch goal of $100k would allow members of our creative team to pause our part-time jobs as a natural foods grocery clerk, freelance journalist / caretaker, and freelance writer in order to throw our energy into the film full-time.
Donors above the $100 level who help us reach this stretch goal will receive a free copy of Leanne Betasamosake Simpson's book As We Have Always Done in addition to the chosen perk at their level.
THANK YOU ALL FOR MAKING THIS FILM POSSIBLE!
Incentives
$10
Our eternal gratitude & regular updates
Every little bit helps - without you we couldn't do this. We'll make you sure you get updates about where we are at in the cut, what's happening with the score, and details about pre-screenings before we release the movie!
$15
Social Media Shout-Out
The revolution begins with you. It's all of you making a pledge that will bring this film to life. For your generosity, we'll post a shout-out on our official Facebook page. We appreciate you so much and we'll make it known to the world.
INCLUDES:
+ Regular email updates
+ Social Media Shout-Out
$25
Sticker & Postcard Print
Every little bit helps! For your contribution we want you to have this #LANDBACK sticker we designed from one of our film stills as well as a Postard Print of the same image that you can mail to a friend.
#LANDBACK - What does it mean?
The Land Back movement is an effort to restore stolen territory to Indigenous nations. This simple phrase encompasses a complicated and intergenerational web of ideas/movements. It can mean the literal restoration of land ownership, the stewardship and protection of mother earth, and comprehensive land claims and self-governing agreements. No matter what meaning is attached, Indigenous nations have an urge to reconnect with the land in meaningful ways.
In July, the Supreme Court ruled that nearly half of Oklahoma is Native American land. Later the Esselen tribe was able to reclaim a 1,200-acre ranch near Big Sur on California’s coast. In 2019, Eureka returned stewardship of the 280-acre Duluwat Island to the Wiyot tribe. These events show that wide-ranging support continues to grow for the Land Back movement and we'd like to show our support.
INCLUDES:
+ Regular email updates
+ Social Media Shout-Out
+ #LANDBACK Sticker
+ Postcard Print
(additional costs for overseas shipping)
$30
Exclusive Sneak Preview of the Film
In addition to regular updates and a Social Media Shout Out we want to show our appreciation by sending you an exclusive private link to a short scene from the film before release!
INCLUDES:
+ Regular email updates
+ Social Media Shout-Out
+ Exclusive Sneak Preview
$35
Cherry Creek Singers Album
For your generous support, we are offering you a very special album from a local Standing Rock phenomenon. You will recieve a complete digital download of The Cherry Creek Singers’ self-titled album “Canpa Wakpa Oka.”
This group was originally formed in the 1930s and their music has been passed down from one generation to the next. They penned the iconic “Mni Wiconi” song that so many of us loved at camp. This album features 11 tracks of traditional Lakota songs and it’s absolutely earth-shaking. Most of these songs were passed down from elders who have since passed on.
The Cherry Creek Singers will receive $10 for every pledge at this level. We hope you enjoy this incredible music we are honored to share with you.$35
PROTECT THE SACRED Face Mask
Protect yourself and your community during these trying times with our exclusive PROTECT THE SACRED face mask!
INCLUDES:
+ Regular email updates
+ Social Media Shout-Out
+ PROTECT THE SACRED Face Mask
$45
Sponsored T-Shirt
In addition to regular updates, a Social Media Shout-Out, you'll also get an exclusive T-shirt featuring one of our three sponsored designs. These have been created with love by an Indigenous-woman-owned business. We've tried them on and they are incredible soft and cozy. We think you'll love these!
Choose from:
- Nicolas Lampert's iconic WATER IS LIFE design, or
- Dylan Miner's WATER & AIR ARE SACRED design.
All Unisex from XS to XL in Heather Sea Foam or Heather Blue.
These shirts run big so if you like a snugger fit choose a size down from what you regularly wear <3
INCLUDES:
+ Regular email updates
+ Social Media Shout-Out
+ Sponsored T-Shirt
(additional costs for overseas shipping)
$45
PROTECT THE SACRED T-Shirt
For your support of this film, take home our cozy PROTECT THE SACRED tee designed by our Director to honor the movement.
All Unisex from XS to XL in black only. These run big.
INCLUDES:
+ Regular email updates
+ Social Media Shout-Out
+PROTECT THE SACRED T-Shirt
$50
Link to the ENTIRE FILM!
For your pledge of support, you'll recieve an exclusive private link to a screener of the film before release!INCLUDES:
+ Regular email updates
+ Social Media Shout-Out
+ Exclusive Link-To-Stream
$55
T-shirt & a Sticker
In addition to regular updates, a Social Media Shout Out, a link to screen the film before release, you'll also get an exclusive t-shirt from one our amazing sponsored designs PLUS our #LANDBACK Sticker.
INCLUDES:
+ Regular email updates
+ Social Media Shout-Out
+ #LANDBACK Sticker
+ Sponsored T-Shirt
+ Exclusive Link-To-Stream
(additional costs for overseas shipping)
$60
The Sacred & The Snake Postcard Set
For your contribution, we want to send you a set of 4 gorgeous postcards of stills from our DP that you can send to friends or keep for your wall!
INCLUDES:
+ Regular email updates
+ Social Media Shout-Out
+ #LANDBACK Sticker
+ Exclusive Link-to-Stream
+ The Sacred & The Snake Postcard Set
(additional costs for overseas shipping)
$70
BOOK - AS WE HAVE ALWAYS DONE - By Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
Since you are so invested in Indigenous-led resistance we're offering you this groundbreaking book by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson that explains how to build Indigenous resistance movements that refuse the destructive thinking of settler colonialism.
Simpson centers Indigenous feminist and queer thought with land-based methodologies, laws and knowledge systems to propose radical resurgence as a grounding normative framework for Indigenous mobilization. This is a very compelling piece of literature!
We think you'll really love this award!
INCLUDES:
+ Regular email updates
+ Social Media Shout-Out
+ Exclusive Link-to-Stream
+ #LANDBACK Sticker
+ Sponsored Book "AS WE HAVE ALWAYS DONE" By Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
(additional costs for overseas shipping)
$80
PROTECT THE SACRED Hoodie
For your generous support of this film, take home our cozy PROTECT THE SACRED hoodie designed by our Director to honor the movement. Sip tea by the fireside, stay warm, stay safe.
All Unisex from XS to XL in black only.
INCLUDES:
+ Regular email updates
+ Social Media Shout-Out
+ Exclusive Link-to-Stream
+ #LANDBACK Sticker
+ PROTECT THE SACRED Hoodie
$80
Sponsored Hoodie
Stay warm this fall with one our amazing sponsored hoodies!
Choose from one of these designs:
- Nicolas Lampert's iconic WATER IS LIFE design, or
- Dylan Miner 's WATER & AIR ARE SACRED design.
All Unisex from XS to XL in Gray and Red.
INCLUDES:
+ Regular email updates
+ Social Media Shout-Out
+ Exclusive Link-to-Stream
+ #LANDBACK Sticker
+ Sponsored Hoodie
(additional costs for overseas shipping)
$100
A Book And A Shirt!
Thanks to you we're $100 closer to getting this film out into the world. Celebrate the change and awareness you're raising by gifting yourself this incredible book and one of our sponsored t-shirts. We're so grateful! In addition, break in 2021 with a big fat Indigenous Resistance manual. We love you.
INCLUDES:
+ Regular email updates
+ Social Media Shout-Out
+ Exclusive Link-to-Stream
+ #LANDBACK Sticker
+ Sponsored Shirt
+ Sponsored Book "AS WE HAVE ALWAYS DONE" By Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
(additional costs for overseas shipping)
$120
Book and Postcard "Print" Package
For your generous pledge of supoprt, you'll take home our sponsored book and our postcard set. Enjoy Leanne Betasamosake Simpson's groundbreaking book that explains how to build Indigenous resistance movements that refuse the destructive thinking of settler colonialism. And while you're at it send some friends in quarantine a few rad postcards.
(additional costs for overseas shipping)
INCLUDES:
+ Regular email updates
+ Social Media Shout-Out
+ Exclusive Link-to-Stream
+ #LANDBACK Sticker
+ The Sacred & The Snake Postcard Set
+ Sponsored Book "AS WE HAVE ALWAYS DONE" By Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
$130
Hoodie And Postcard Set!
Stay warm this fall during these strange strange times in our cozy Sponsored Hoodie printed with love by an Indig-woman-owned business. And when you're sitting warm by the fire you can scribble a few letters to your friends on our limited edition postcard set!
We love you! Thanks for joining the movement.
INCLUDES:
+ Regular email updates
+ Social Media Shout-Out
+ #LANDBACK Sticker
+ Exclusive Link-to-Stream
+ Sponsored Hoodie
+ The Sacred & The Snake Postcard Set
(additional costs for overseas shipping)
$200
Hoodie, Book, & Postcard Package!
We are so moved by your pledge of support we're giving you a hoodie, book, and a postcard set! Stay cozy by the fire, read, & write and 2021 is just around the corner, friends. We're gonna make it.
We love you! Thanks for joining the movement.
INCLUDES:
+ Regular email updates
+ Social Media Shout-Out
+ #LANDBACK Sticker
+ Exclusive Link-to-Stream
+ The Sacred & The Snake Postcard Set
+ Sponsored Hoodie
+ Sponsored Book
(additional costs for overseas shipping)
$250
Photo Print Signed by Director
We want to thank you for your generous donation with a limited edition photographic print from the film signed by our Director. See our Media page to see some examples. (additional costs for overseas shipping)
INCLUDES:
+ Regular email updates
+ Social Media Shout-Out
+ #LANDBACK Sticker
+ Exclusive Link-to-Stream
+ The Sacred & The Snake Postcard Set
+ Photo Print Signed by Director
$300
Signed Photo Print and Hoodie!
We are so moved by your pledge of support we want you to gift you a limited series signed print from the film as well as a hoodie to keep you warm through the Fall and Winter as we make this film. We'll throw in our Postcard Set and #LANDBACK Sticker while we're at it, because you're the jam.
INCLUDES:
+ Regular email updates
+ Social Media Shout-Out
+ #LANDBACK Sticker
+ Exclusive Link-to-Stream
+ The Sacred & The Snake Postcard Set
+ Sponsored Hoodie
+ Signed Photo Print
$500
Thank You on Our Website & A Little Bit of Everything!
Thanks to you we are that much closer to achieving our Fine Cut dreams. For your VERY generous donation, we'd like to thank you by throwing up a thanks on our website as well as a Hoodie of your choice, a Book, and a Postcard Set.
INCLUDES:
+ Regular email updates
+ Social Media Shout-Out
+ #LANDBACK Sticker
+ Exclusive Link-to-Stream
+ The Sacred & The Snake Postcard Set
+ Sponsored Book "AS WE HAVE ALWAYS DONE" By Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
+ Sponsored Hoodie
+ Thank You on our website
$650
Thank You in Film Credits + A Little Bit of Everything
You're incredible. For your VERY generous donation, we'd like to thank you by putting your name in the film's credits, as well as throwing up a thanks on our website, and sending you a Hoodie of your choice, a Book, and a Postcard Set. You rule.
INCLUDES:
+ Regular email updates
+ Social Media Shout-Out
+ #LANDBACK Sticker
+ Exclusive Link-to-Stream
+ The Sacred & The Snake Postcard Set
+ Sponsored Book "AS WE HAVE ALWAYS DONE" By Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
+ Sponsored Hoodie
+ Thank you on the Website
+ Thank you in the Film Credits
$750
Consultation with Director Sara Lafleur-Vetter or Jonathan Klett or Producer Jordan Marie Daniel or Romin Lee Johnson
You've been extremely generous with your donation and we want to sit down with you and express our thanks. You can use this opportunity to sit down with the crew member(s) of your choice. Consult with Director Sara Lafleur-Vetter or Jonathan Klett or our Producer Jordan Marie Daniel or Romin Lee Johnson and ask us anything you'd like. If you're a teacher and you'd like to use this opportunity as a teaching-aid - we can meet with your students and open up the Q&A to them! You can make this meaningful for your work in the way that works best for you!
(Travel & lodging not included. This will probably have to be done over Zoom or Google Hangouts due to COVID-19 Pandemic)
INCLUDES:
+ Regular email updates
+ Social Media Shout-Out
+ #LANDBACK Sticker
+ Exclusive Link-to-Stream
+ The Sacred & The Snake Postcard Set
+ Thank You on Our Website
+ Thank you in the Film Credits
Claimed: 1 of 10
$1,000
Invitation to our Google Hangouts Q + A
Since you were so kind as to donate so generously, you'll be able to jump on the call with us and participate in an exclusive Google Hangouts Q + A session with the creators of The Sacred & The Snake. Ask us anything!
INCLUDES:
+ Regular email updates
+ Social Media Shout-Out
+ #LANDBACK Sticker
+ Exclusive Link-to-Stream
+ The Sacred & The Snake Postcard Set
+ Thank You on Our Website
+ Thank you in the Film Credits
$1,200
Host a (Virtual) Screening
We're so blown away by your commitment to our film, we'd like to organize a virtual screening for your company, institution, class, community group, or friends, anywhere in the world.
Just let us know when you’d like the screening to start and the approximate number of viewers.
We’ll set up a special page for your screening and send you a unique link which you can share with your viewers. Once accessed, viewers will have 3 days to watch the film.
INCLUDES:
+ Regular email updates
+ Social Media Shout-Out
+ #LANDBACK Sticker
+ Exclusive Link-to-Stream
+ The Sacred & The Snake Postcard Set
+ Invitation to our Google Hangouts Q + A
+ Thank You on Our Website
+ Thank you in the Film Credits
$3,000
Screen our Work-In-Progress
You are the ultimate. We feel your commitment and excitement for this project so we are going to offer you something truly special - we want to bring you inside our tight circle of trusted advisors and share our Work-In-Progress with you. You get to see a version of the film before anyone else.
A Work-In-Progress offers you access to the inner workings of filmmakers' creative process. It's also possible that your fresh eyes and feedback could alter the course of the film itself.
INCLUDES:
+ Regular email updates
+ Social Media Shout-Out
+ #LANDBACK Sticker
+ Exclusive Link-to-Stream
+ The Sacred & The Snake Postcard Set
+ Invitation to our Google Hangouts Q + A
+ Thank You on Our Website
+ Thank you in the Film Credits
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Wishlist
Use the WishList to pledge cash and loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an incentive directly.
$10
Our eternal gratitude & regular updates
Every little bit helps - without you we couldn't do this. We'll make you sure you get updates about where we are at in the cut, what's happening with the score, and details about pre-screenings before we release the movie!
$15
Social Media Shout-Out
The revolution begins with you. It's all of you making a pledge that will bring this film to life. For your generosity, we'll post a shout-out on our official Facebook page. We appreciate you so much and we'll make it known to the world.
INCLUDES:
+ Regular email updates
+ Social Media Shout-Out
$25
Sticker & Postcard Print
Every little bit helps! For your contribution we want you to have this #LANDBACK sticker we designed from one of our film stills as well as a Postard Print of the same image that you can mail to a friend.
#LANDBACK - What does it mean?
The Land Back movement is an effort to restore stolen territory to Indigenous nations. This simple phrase encompasses a complicated and intergenerational web of ideas/movements. It can mean the literal restoration of land ownership, the stewardship and protection of mother earth, and comprehensive land claims and self-governing agreements. No matter what meaning is attached, Indigenous nations have an urge to reconnect with the land in meaningful ways.
In July, the Supreme Court ruled that nearly half of Oklahoma is Native American land. Later the Esselen tribe was able to reclaim a 1,200-acre ranch near Big Sur on California’s coast. In 2019, Eureka returned stewardship of the 280-acre Duluwat Island to the Wiyot tribe. These events show that wide-ranging support continues to grow for the Land Back movement and we'd like to show our support.
INCLUDES:
+ Regular email updates
+ Social Media Shout-Out
+ #LANDBACK Sticker
+ Postcard Print
(additional costs for overseas shipping)
$30
Exclusive Sneak Preview of the Film
In addition to regular updates and a Social Media Shout Out we want to show our appreciation by sending you an exclusive private link to a short scene from the film before release!
INCLUDES:
+ Regular email updates
+ Social Media Shout-Out
+ Exclusive Sneak Preview
$35
Cherry Creek Singers Album
For your generous support, we are offering you a very special album from a local Standing Rock phenomenon. You will recieve a complete digital download of The Cherry Creek Singers’ self-titled album “Canpa Wakpa Oka.”
This group was originally formed in the 1930s and their music has been passed down from one generation to the next. They penned the iconic “Mni Wiconi” song that so many of us loved at camp. This album features 11 tracks of traditional Lakota songs and it’s absolutely earth-shaking. Most of these songs were passed down from elders who have since passed on.
The Cherry Creek Singers will receive $10 for every pledge at this level. We hope you enjoy this incredible music we are honored to share with you.$35
PROTECT THE SACRED Face Mask
Protect yourself and your community during these trying times with our exclusive PROTECT THE SACRED face mask!
INCLUDES:
+ Regular email updates
+ Social Media Shout-Out
+ PROTECT THE SACRED Face Mask
$45
Sponsored T-Shirt
In addition to regular updates, a Social Media Shout-Out, you'll also get an exclusive T-shirt featuring one of our three sponsored designs. These have been created with love by an Indigenous-woman-owned business. We've tried them on and they are incredible soft and cozy. We think you'll love these!
Choose from:
- Nicolas Lampert's iconic WATER IS LIFE design, or
- Dylan Miner's WATER & AIR ARE SACRED design.
All Unisex from XS to XL in Heather Sea Foam or Heather Blue.
These shirts run big so if you like a snugger fit choose a size down from what you regularly wear <3
INCLUDES:
+ Regular email updates
+ Social Media Shout-Out
+ Sponsored T-Shirt
(additional costs for overseas shipping)
$45
PROTECT THE SACRED T-Shirt
For your support of this film, take home our cozy PROTECT THE SACRED tee designed by our Director to honor the movement.
All Unisex from XS to XL in black only. These run big.
INCLUDES:
+ Regular email updates
+ Social Media Shout-Out
+PROTECT THE SACRED T-Shirt
$50
Link to the ENTIRE FILM!
For your pledge of support, you'll recieve an exclusive private link to a screener of the film before release!INCLUDES:
+ Regular email updates
+ Social Media Shout-Out
+ Exclusive Link-To-Stream
$55
T-shirt & a Sticker
In addition to regular updates, a Social Media Shout Out, a link to screen the film before release, you'll also get an exclusive t-shirt from one our amazing sponsored designs PLUS our #LANDBACK Sticker.
INCLUDES:
+ Regular email updates
+ Social Media Shout-Out
+ #LANDBACK Sticker
+ Sponsored T-Shirt
+ Exclusive Link-To-Stream
(additional costs for overseas shipping)
$60
The Sacred & The Snake Postcard Set
For your contribution, we want to send you a set of 4 gorgeous postcards of stills from our DP that you can send to friends or keep for your wall!
INCLUDES:
+ Regular email updates
+ Social Media Shout-Out
+ #LANDBACK Sticker
+ Exclusive Link-to-Stream
+ The Sacred & The Snake Postcard Set
(additional costs for overseas shipping)
$70
BOOK - AS WE HAVE ALWAYS DONE - By Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
Since you are so invested in Indigenous-led resistance we're offering you this groundbreaking book by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson that explains how to build Indigenous resistance movements that refuse the destructive thinking of settler colonialism.
Simpson centers Indigenous feminist and queer thought with land-based methodologies, laws and knowledge systems to propose radical resurgence as a grounding normative framework for Indigenous mobilization. This is a very compelling piece of literature!
We think you'll really love this award!
INCLUDES:
+ Regular email updates
+ Social Media Shout-Out
+ Exclusive Link-to-Stream
+ #LANDBACK Sticker
+ Sponsored Book "AS WE HAVE ALWAYS DONE" By Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
(additional costs for overseas shipping)
$80
PROTECT THE SACRED Hoodie
For your generous support of this film, take home our cozy PROTECT THE SACRED hoodie designed by our Director to honor the movement. Sip tea by the fireside, stay warm, stay safe.
All Unisex from XS to XL in black only.
INCLUDES:
+ Regular email updates
+ Social Media Shout-Out
+ Exclusive Link-to-Stream
+ #LANDBACK Sticker
+ PROTECT THE SACRED Hoodie
$80
Sponsored Hoodie
Stay warm this fall with one our amazing sponsored hoodies!
Choose from one of these designs:
- Nicolas Lampert's iconic WATER IS LIFE design, or
- Dylan Miner 's WATER & AIR ARE SACRED design.
All Unisex from XS to XL in Gray and Red.
INCLUDES:
+ Regular email updates
+ Social Media Shout-Out
+ Exclusive Link-to-Stream
+ #LANDBACK Sticker
+ Sponsored Hoodie
(additional costs for overseas shipping)
$100
A Book And A Shirt!
Thanks to you we're $100 closer to getting this film out into the world. Celebrate the change and awareness you're raising by gifting yourself this incredible book and one of our sponsored t-shirts. We're so grateful! In addition, break in 2021 with a big fat Indigenous Resistance manual. We love you.
INCLUDES:
+ Regular email updates
+ Social Media Shout-Out
+ Exclusive Link-to-Stream
+ #LANDBACK Sticker
+ Sponsored Shirt
+ Sponsored Book "AS WE HAVE ALWAYS DONE" By Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
(additional costs for overseas shipping)
$120
Book and Postcard "Print" Package
For your generous pledge of supoprt, you'll take home our sponsored book and our postcard set. Enjoy Leanne Betasamosake Simpson's groundbreaking book that explains how to build Indigenous resistance movements that refuse the destructive thinking of settler colonialism. And while you're at it send some friends in quarantine a few rad postcards.
(additional costs for overseas shipping)
INCLUDES:
+ Regular email updates
+ Social Media Shout-Out
+ Exclusive Link-to-Stream
+ #LANDBACK Sticker
+ The Sacred & The Snake Postcard Set
+ Sponsored Book "AS WE HAVE ALWAYS DONE" By Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
$130
Hoodie And Postcard Set!
Stay warm this fall during these strange strange times in our cozy Sponsored Hoodie printed with love by an Indig-woman-owned business. And when you're sitting warm by the fire you can scribble a few letters to your friends on our limited edition postcard set!
We love you! Thanks for joining the movement.
INCLUDES:
+ Regular email updates
+ Social Media Shout-Out
+ #LANDBACK Sticker
+ Exclusive Link-to-Stream
+ Sponsored Hoodie
+ The Sacred & The Snake Postcard Set
(additional costs for overseas shipping)
$200
Hoodie, Book, & Postcard Package!
We are so moved by your pledge of support we're giving you a hoodie, book, and a postcard set! Stay cozy by the fire, read, & write and 2021 is just around the corner, friends. We're gonna make it.
We love you! Thanks for joining the movement.
INCLUDES:
+ Regular email updates
+ Social Media Shout-Out
+ #LANDBACK Sticker
+ Exclusive Link-to-Stream
+ The Sacred & The Snake Postcard Set
+ Sponsored Hoodie
+ Sponsored Book
(additional costs for overseas shipping)
$250
Photo Print Signed by Director
We want to thank you for your generous donation with a limited edition photographic print from the film signed by our Director. See our Media page to see some examples. (additional costs for overseas shipping)
INCLUDES:
+ Regular email updates
+ Social Media Shout-Out
+ #LANDBACK Sticker
+ Exclusive Link-to-Stream
+ The Sacred & The Snake Postcard Set
+ Photo Print Signed by Director
$300
Signed Photo Print and Hoodie!
We are so moved by your pledge of support we want you to gift you a limited series signed print from the film as well as a hoodie to keep you warm through the Fall and Winter as we make this film. We'll throw in our Postcard Set and #LANDBACK Sticker while we're at it, because you're the jam.
INCLUDES:
+ Regular email updates
+ Social Media Shout-Out
+ #LANDBACK Sticker
+ Exclusive Link-to-Stream
+ The Sacred & The Snake Postcard Set
+ Sponsored Hoodie
+ Signed Photo Print
$500
Thank You on Our Website & A Little Bit of Everything!
Thanks to you we are that much closer to achieving our Fine Cut dreams. For your VERY generous donation, we'd like to thank you by throwing up a thanks on our website as well as a Hoodie of your choice, a Book, and a Postcard Set.
INCLUDES:
+ Regular email updates
+ Social Media Shout-Out
+ #LANDBACK Sticker
+ Exclusive Link-to-Stream
+ The Sacred & The Snake Postcard Set
+ Sponsored Book "AS WE HAVE ALWAYS DONE" By Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
+ Sponsored Hoodie
+ Thank You on our website
$650
Thank You in Film Credits + A Little Bit of Everything
You're incredible. For your VERY generous donation, we'd like to thank you by putting your name in the film's credits, as well as throwing up a thanks on our website, and sending you a Hoodie of your choice, a Book, and a Postcard Set. You rule.
INCLUDES:
+ Regular email updates
+ Social Media Shout-Out
+ #LANDBACK Sticker
+ Exclusive Link-to-Stream
+ The Sacred & The Snake Postcard Set
+ Sponsored Book "AS WE HAVE ALWAYS DONE" By Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
+ Sponsored Hoodie
+ Thank you on the Website
+ Thank you in the Film Credits
$750
Consultation with Director Sara Lafleur-Vetter or Jonathan Klett or Producer Jordan Marie Daniel or Romin Lee Johnson
You've been extremely generous with your donation and we want to sit down with you and express our thanks. You can use this opportunity to sit down with the crew member(s) of your choice. Consult with Director Sara Lafleur-Vetter or Jonathan Klett or our Producer Jordan Marie Daniel or Romin Lee Johnson and ask us anything you'd like. If you're a teacher and you'd like to use this opportunity as a teaching-aid - we can meet with your students and open up the Q&A to them! You can make this meaningful for your work in the way that works best for you!
(Travel & lodging not included. This will probably have to be done over Zoom or Google Hangouts due to COVID-19 Pandemic)
INCLUDES:
+ Regular email updates
+ Social Media Shout-Out
+ #LANDBACK Sticker
+ Exclusive Link-to-Stream
+ The Sacred & The Snake Postcard Set
+ Thank You on Our Website
+ Thank you in the Film Credits
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$1,000
Invitation to our Google Hangouts Q + A
Since you were so kind as to donate so generously, you'll be able to jump on the call with us and participate in an exclusive Google Hangouts Q + A session with the creators of The Sacred & The Snake. Ask us anything!
INCLUDES:
+ Regular email updates
+ Social Media Shout-Out
+ #LANDBACK Sticker
+ Exclusive Link-to-Stream
+ The Sacred & The Snake Postcard Set
+ Thank You on Our Website
+ Thank you in the Film Credits
$1,200
Host a (Virtual) Screening
We're so blown away by your commitment to our film, we'd like to organize a virtual screening for your company, institution, class, community group, or friends, anywhere in the world.
Just let us know when you’d like the screening to start and the approximate number of viewers.
We’ll set up a special page for your screening and send you a unique link which you can share with your viewers. Once accessed, viewers will have 3 days to watch the film.
INCLUDES:
+ Regular email updates
+ Social Media Shout-Out
+ #LANDBACK Sticker
+ Exclusive Link-to-Stream
+ The Sacred & The Snake Postcard Set
+ Invitation to our Google Hangouts Q + A
+ Thank You on Our Website
+ Thank you in the Film Credits
$3,000
Screen our Work-In-Progress
You are the ultimate. We feel your commitment and excitement for this project so we are going to offer you something truly special - we want to bring you inside our tight circle of trusted advisors and share our Work-In-Progress with you. You get to see a version of the film before anyone else.
A Work-In-Progress offers you access to the inner workings of filmmakers' creative process. It's also possible that your fresh eyes and feedback could alter the course of the film itself.
INCLUDES:
+ Regular email updates
+ Social Media Shout-Out
+ #LANDBACK Sticker
+ Exclusive Link-to-Stream
+ The Sacred & The Snake Postcard Set
+ Invitation to our Google Hangouts Q + A
+ Thank You on Our Website
+ Thank you in the Film Credits
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