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Defying All Odds Feature Documentary

Defying All Odds Feature Documentary

Defying All Odds Feature Documentary

Defying All Odds Feature Documentary

Defying All Odds Feature Documentary

Completed! DefyingAllOddsMovie.com > WATCH > WORLDWIDE (Available subtitled in multiple languages.)

Completed! DefyingAllOddsMovie.com > WATCH > WORLDWIDE (Available subtitled in multiple languages.)

Completed! DefyingAllOddsMovie.com > WATCH > WORLDWIDE (Available subtitled in multiple languages.)

Completed! DefyingAllOddsMovie.com > WATCH > WORLDWIDE (Available subtitled in multiple languages.)

Caroleen Moise
Caroleen Moise
Caroleen Moise
Caroleen Moise
3 Campaigns |
Sydney, Australia
$28,057 USD by 173 backers
$25,187 USD by 163 backers on Mar 23, 2019
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Overview
As a filmmaker who aims to make a tangible difference in this world, I felt compelled to bring this extraordinary story to the screen. Now here we are, inviting YOU to become a part of our audience by backing a project that is close to our hearts. Not to mention that it’s also a great way for us to build our community. We wholeheartedly believe in the power of this documentary. Oh and don’t forget to check out our great, value-filled perks! See you on the other side! Caroleen, Filmmaker

Thanks to the incredible generosity of our backers we have now surpassed our funding goal!!!

This calls for a celebration.

However, our campaign might be ending soon but the process of getting the film to the mainstream is far from over: every cent above our goal will go towards submitting Defying All Odds to a handful of festivals around the world.

Festival submissions cost a lot of money which can add up (sometimes up to 5 or 10k) once done with producing all the required materials for a competition. 

We believe that our film deserves to be entered in a few key festivals once completed for if selected in any shape or form, it will undeniably raise awareness around the documentary.

THANK YOU! 

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Note: Five cents of every dollar raised will go to Dr Terry Wahls’ Research Fund; through your donation, you will be directly involved in furthering the development of the clinical trials on Multiple Sclerosis and by extension, other autoimmune diseases. And for us, it’s yet another way we choose to give back.

 

What’s this film about?

Hi everyone,

Caroleen here. I’m one of the producers and the director of the feature documentary, We Love Paleo (WLP) released in 2016. I want to take a moment to talk from my heart about my next movie: Defying All Odds (DAO).

Ever since Dr Terry Wahls’ TEDx talk ”Minding Your Mitochondria” went viral in 2011 I have been fascinated by her amazing life story… And what a story it is: plagued by an incurable disease, this incredible woman, herself a medical doctor, found a way to effectively treat her illness and recover from a disease no one thought one could recover from.

How inspiring. The message? If she was able to do it–as sick as she was, anyone can. (More on this below.)

Dr Terry Wahls, The Wahls Protocol

 

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What's unique about Defying All Odds?

Defying All Odds is not your middle-of-the-road talking heads documentary. Nope. Live action, animations and flashbacks all come together in a never before seen fashion to recount the story of Dr Terry Wahls.

Behind the inspiration for the look & feel of DAO are a couple award-winning documentaries. Hence, DAO is a cinematic cocktail; you would be hard-pressed to find anything out there that looks remotely like it!

So what’s so unique about it?

Since we can’t go back in time (who wouldn’t want that), and that recounting the past solely using photos and grainy archival video is a bit blah, we decided to go all in and recreate some of the more defining moments of Dr Terry Wahls’ journey. Here are a couple of preliminary shots with Chiara Gizzi, the talented actress who will play the role of young Terry. (The rest of the flashbacks will be filmed thanks to your generosity!)

 

Creative Team

Caroleen Moise Producer/Director IMDb

Juliane Block Art Director IMDb

Chiara Gizzi Actress/Associate Producer IMDb

Simon Koloadin Cinematographer IMDb

Eric Kuhn, Music Composer IMDb

Nikos Kellis, Motions Graphics Artist IMDb

 

Consulting Team

Consulting Producer, Jilann Spitzmiller IMDb

Scientific Advisor Dr Ashutosh Mangalam, (PhD. Immunology)

 

Perks

 

Desired Minimum Outcome

Our first film, We Love Paleo has been seen in roughly 300k households. That's roughly a million pair of eyes (with the average home counting 2-4 people).

This wonderful outcome has allowed us to bring so much awareness to the concept of the paleo lifestyle and what constitutes optimal health. In fact, our initial international outlook is what led us to film people from the US, Australia, Germany and the UK. Today, WLP can be watched in French, Spanish, German, Czech and Portuguese and we're currently working on our first Asian language.

Our aim is to replicate this level of success with DAO.

Release date

Is this film really necessary?

In 1968, the highest life expectancy for humans was 74.1 years. This record could only be found in Sweden. In 2015, it was 83.8 years in Hong Kong. In fact, nowadays, the vast majority of our world populations will reach the age bracket of 77-83 years of age.

(source: World Health Organization, http://www.ourworldindata.org)

Meanwhile, rates of obesity, diabetes, cancers and autoimmune diseases continue to soar.

(sources: http://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail...)

These are only a handful of examples… We are living longer but in a poorer state of health. We must change this appalling reality.

One effective way to do so is to give Dr Terry Wahls’ message of self-empowerment a vehicle, through a feature documentary.

Stories Well Told Can Have Tremendous Social Impact

The more people assimilate the idea that real lasting change starts with ourselves (not our physicians, teachers, pastors, communities or governments) and that a nutrient-dense diet (not a prescription drug) is the most effective tool we possess to cure illnesses, the fewer lifestyle diseases will continue to ravage our global population.

Defying All Odds is not only about one brave woman’s journey to save her own life and regain health. It’s also the poignant testimony of how, ultimately, the power of healing lies within us. Figuratively and literally speaking.

Second, we wish to raise awareness around the fact that Nature has provided us humans with all we need to be healthy (within ourselves but also in the wild), if we would only start listening to our bodies.

We know the film will provide hope, inspire and empower people to take their health journey into their own hands.

What We Need & What You Get

We’re currently between production and post-production stages. This means that we have the backbone of the film (our interview with Dr Wahls and some footage of her). We have also started animating and editing the film and have a strong sense of how the story will unfold.

However, we still need funds to…

Why You Should Trust Us With Your Hard-Earned Money

I have made a feature documentary on a similar subject before! You may have heard of We Love Paleo aka Love Paleo. This means that I have the knowledge it takes to take the film beyond the finish line. As a matter of fact, we're nearly there.

We are all industry pros, with several award-winning industry experts, all uniting to tell this incredible human story.

We Love Paleo our first doc–now subtitled in several languages, has proven itself by being offered a distribution deal with a well-known and respected distro house. (www.welovepaleo.com)

We’ve bet on ourselves by commencing filming with private funds in May 2018, in Australia.

However, should we not succeed in hitting our target, we plan to come back with another campaign to raise finishing funds or find investors and/or sponsors interested in the project.

Risks & Challenges

We seriously cannot think of any… The only thing really standing between this important film and us is the financing.

 

Other Ways You Can Help

If you want to help us even more, please use Indiegogo’s sharing tools to spread the word about our project with your loved ones and everyone in your network.

Oh, and if you like our project, please also LIKE our FB page to show us your support! Facebook.com/Defyingallodds

Thanks again and we look forward to bringing you a completed awesome film.

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The Curious

$25 USD
Every penny counts and for your support, we'll be thanking you from the bottom of our hearts on social media and give you a lil' look at what's cooking in Defying All Odds editing room. ;)
Included Items
  • Sneak Peek link
  • A warm Facebook shoutout :-)
Estimated Shipping
May 2019
24 claimed

The Enthusiast

$50 USD
It's great to see that you're as excited to see the finished film as we are to show it to you! Thanks for validating this documentary project. *Film(s) and audio accessible for life, online.
Included Items
  • Defying All Odds film*
  • Sneak Peek link
  • A warm Facebook shoutout :-)
  • Our 1st doc–We Love Paleo*
Estimated Shipping
May 2019
48 claimed
Ships worldwide.
The Loyal Fan–Post-Production

The Loyal Fan–Post-Production

$125 USD $160 USD (21% off)
Perk offered as our ongoing POST campaign efforts to gather funds to submit the film to festivals around the world. This is where you get to make history. That's right: at this level, you get to be immortalized in the movie's credits. Be part of something awesome, be part of something worthy! *Film(s) and audio accessible for life, online.
Included Items
  • Defying All Odds film*
  • Sneak Peek link
  • A warm Facebook shoutout :-)
  • Defying All Odds' soundtrack
  • Our 1st doc–We Love Paleo*
  • Defying All Odds' jute bag
Estimated Shipping
August 2019
0 out of 25 of claimed
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The Nutrition Pro

$2,000 USD
No need to be a health professional to benefit from this perk. Be at the forefront of the health movement and invest in your health education with hours upon hours of lectures from top experts in functional medicine. Choice of DVD's or online access to both films. *Film(s) and audio accessible for life, online. **Seminar avail until Aug 2019
Included Items
  • Defying All Odds mug
  • Defying All Odds' soundtrack
  • Defying All Odds' jute bag
  • Dr Wahls'–1 yr Membership site
  • All 3 Wahls Protocol® Menus
  • DAO+We Love Paleo–signed DVDs
  • Top Contributor Thanks–credits
  • Dr Wahls' 2018 digi seminar**
  • Chief Collagen Bars
  • FREE Butcher Box + Bacon
Estimated Shipping
May 2019
3 claimed
Ships worldwide.

The Insider

$2,500 USD
With this perk, you'll be part of our posse. You'll appear in our credits, IMDb page and official poster(s) as our Associate Producer... on top of receiving all the other goodies. Only two lucky peeps can get this exclusive perk. ->Comes with Chief bars. *Film(s) and audio accessible for life, online. **Seminar avail until Aug 2019
Included Items
  • Sneak Peek link
  • Defying All Odds mug
  • Defying All Odds' jute bag
  • Dr Wahls'–1 yr Membership site
  • DAO + We Love Paleo films*
  • All 3 Wahls Protocol® Menus
  • Dr Wahls' 2018 digi seminar**
  • Associate Producer credit
  • Your credit on our IMDb page
  • FREE Butcher Box + Bacon
Estimated Shipping
May 2019
1 claimed
Ships worldwide.
The Loyal Fan–Early Bird
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The Loyal Fan–Early Bird

$95 USD $125 USD (24% off)
Estimated Shipping
May 2019
27 out of 27 of claimed
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