Join Oliver Stone, Danny Glover and Stephen Fry In Supporting Global Protest Film "We Are Many"
We Are Many, a documentary on the untold story of the biggest protest in history, launches on crowd-funding website Kickstarter and gets off to an impressive start in gathering support. 256 backers have pledged over $20,000 since the short trailer for the work in progress appeared on Kickstarter.
We Are Many tells the story of the globally coordinated protests against the invasion of Iraq on 15 February 2003, and its legacy, through the Arab Spring to the Occupy Movement. The day that saw an estimated 30 million people in over 700 cities around the world march and give birth to a new global social movement.
OLIVER STONE EDORSES "WE ARE MANY"
Academy Award winning director Oliver Stone has joined the growing list of the film’s supporters with this statement:
"The global protest against the Iraq War on 15 February 2003 was a pivotal moment in recent history, the consequences of which have gone unreported. Amir Amirani's ‘WE ARE MANY’ chronicles the struggle to shift power from the old establishment to the new superpower that is global public opinion, through the prism of one historic day. I urge you to support this film in whatever way you can." Oliver Stone, November 2011ROCKY HORROR SHOW’S RICHARD O’BRIEN PLEDGES $5000
Among the film’s supporters is the creator of The Rocky Horror Show Richard O’Brien who has pledged $5000. In giving his wholehearted backing to the film O’Brien said: “The greatest tragedy of this event and the reasons surrounding it, is that Bush and Blair drove a final nail in the coffin of democracy on that day.”
HOW RICHARD BRANSON NEARLY STOPPED THE WAR
The ground-breaking documentary has also secured an interview with the British entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson who for the first time on camera will talk about his failed attempt to stop the invasion of Iraq by flying in with Nelson Mandela to take Saddam Hussein out of the country. Branson, with the backing of the then UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, had a plane on stand by at Johannesburg airport for the mission, only for Britain and the US to start bombing. Branson is a great believer in the power of film to change things. On 24 November 2011 he wrote in his blog about films that make a difference.
STEPHEN FRY AND DANNY GLOVER IN TWITTERSPHERE
10 DAY COUNTDOWN CALL TO ACTION
Many TED Fellows and subscribers to this blog and their Facebook friends and Twitter followers have backed this important documentary by either pledging and/or helping spread the word. The production team of We Are Many are grateful for your generosity and support. Together we have raised $20,000 which is fantastic. But we still have a long way to go and need your help in reaching new donors.
We now have 10 days to raise the remaining $50,000 to reach the set target of $70,000. What you can do here and now in less than a minute:
1. Tweet the Kickstarter link to your followers with the hashtag #wearemany
2. Post the Kickstarter link on your Facebook wall.
3. Or if you happen to have a personal blog or a newsletter please consider including a post about the film. You can use this Press Release.
Raising $5000 per day from today! It is a huge ask but not impossible. Our network of friends and followers, our circles of influence, can do it. This is a true test of the power of social media to do good. Let’s stretch it to its limits in a truly deserving case study: a documentary about people power crowd-funded by people.
Thank you!
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