For those of you who know me, you know the journey I’ve been on and the passion I feel for this project.  For those of you who don’t, Bight of the Twin is my first feature documentary film and I am lucky enough to be collaborating with my friend, cultural engineer Genesis Breyer P-Orridge.  I want to complete this journey and story not for myself, or for Genesis, but for all those who are seeking, who are moved by art, and who engage in a life exploration on any level. 

I am a native Angelino who lives and works in Los Angeles. I co-founded Show Cave and was the designer of Thee Psychick Bible (Feral House, 2009). My video directions include Thee Psychick Bible of early Psychic TV and TOPY (Temple ov Psychick Youth) videos from the P-Orridge archives.   I have also organized and curated the touring sister-and-brother video programs, Licker License and Gentle Jousting. My short films have played at the Warhol Museum, the Barbican, and Institute of Contemporary Art in London.   

Thank you so much for engaging with my project, Hazel Hill McCarthy III 

Bight of the Twin is more than just another documentary film.  This film itself is Vodun – it’s an object that has been activated by creation and by supporting this project, you get to participate in this ritual.  We want you to join us in making a documentary film that will take viewers to Ouidah, Benin, the geographic heart of the Vodun religion, where friends and collaborators, director Hazel Hill McCarthy, III and cultural engineer Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, explore the relationship between Vodun and Western secular art and performance by trying to answer the question of what embodiment is.

Bight of the Twin is many things film, art, drama, exploration, and Vodun.  But beyond all this, it is also a film that is also working to give back to the community of its creation.  Our goal is to assist children over 14 years old in continuing their education at the local school and onto higher education.  After our last visit to Benin, our friends, family, and crew members raised money and provided the local school with 60 new benches and desks that were also built locally. We are setting up a charitable organization so that we can continue to help the school and its students in the long term.  So while you are helping us create a film, a piece of art, you are also helping the community that is inspiring our work.                                 

We hope that Bight of the Twin will serve as a catalyst for audiences to a wider understanding and acceptance of Vodun and the nuanced approach of its practitioners.

WHY WE NEED YOU

We’re looking for your help to make this film a reality. This will be our second trip to Benin for filming with the help of friends and family like you.  As this campaign launches we are in Benin filming Genesis being confirmed into the Twin Fetish of the Vodun religion.

Our campaign is about the next step. This film has been a labor of love for us and we have obtained a great deal of wonderful footage on a shoestring budget, but without you we can’t go on.

We have set our crowdfunding goal to $55,000. This will allow us to finish filming with Genesis over the next few months, as well as enable us to edit & research, get the rights to use archival materials and music, and everything else we need to take this film to you the public on  the big screen.  So your contributions will go a long way in making the best film possible. You cannot underestimate the impact YOU can have on the future and the success of Bight of the Twin.

This is more than just a fundraiser, it’s a collaboration of support for documentary film, video art, and those looking for an up close insider’s view of one of the world’s oldest religions through the radical exchange of beliefs and ideas with Genesis Breyer P-Orridge. 

As a thank you for your contribution, we've got some great perks including:

•  VIP passes and reserved seats and the NY and LA premieres of the film

•  Indiegogo only DVD edition of the film with exclusive packaging

•  Night at the famed (members-only) Magic Castle in Hollywood with the director, producers, and DJMREX

•  Two different limited edition signed photographs on of Genesis and Dah head of Pythons taken by director Hazel Hill McCarthy, III and one of Genesis taken just following the MOCA event in Los Angeles done by the amazing photographer Sara Sitkin 

•  Dinner with Genesis Breyer P-Orridge in New York City

•  Be an Associate Producer

• New Psychic TV LP Snakes Signed by Genesis Breyer P-Orridge

Other Ways You Can Help

Please be sure to share this campaign with other folks who share the wide range of passions that this film touches upon: independent cinema, the work of Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Vodun, Magik.  With every person you connect us with it bring us one step closer to our goal. So make some noise out there for us!