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Gosnell Movie

A historic crowdfunding campaign for a movie about America's biggest serial killer Kermit Gosnell.

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Gosnell Movie

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Gosnell Movie

Gosnell Movie

Gosnell Movie

A historic crowdfunding campaign for a movie about America's biggest serial killer Kermit Gosnell.

A historic crowdfunding campaign for a movie about America's biggest serial killer Kermit Gosnell.

A historic crowdfunding campaign for a movie about America's biggest serial killer Kermit Gosnell.

A historic crowdfunding campaign for a movie about America's biggest serial killer Kermit Gosnell.

Ann and Phelim Media
Ann and Phelim Media
Ann and Phelim Media
Ann and Phelim Media
2 Campaigns |
Los Angeles, United States
$2,377,647 USD by 29,743 backers
$2,241,043 USD by 26,574 backers on May 13, 2014
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Good News

We have started filming The Gosnell Movie 

Thank You


Today we want to share with you the news about a great opportunity we've been given. Indiegogo has just extended an invitation to us to join their pilot program called “Forever Funding”. It allows projects to re-open their crowdfunding campaign and continue raising funds.

There are 3 big reasons why we are very excited about this:

  1. After our Indiegogo campaign closed, we received many messages from people who missed the deadline but still wanted to contribute to the project. Now, they will be able to do it online in a safe, straight forward manner and claim their reward.

  2. We cannot emphasize enough the positive feedback we received from potential distributors of the Gosnell Movie. They saw the 26,574 contributors as a living proof that this movie has a highly motivated audience who will watch it and spread the word about it. Their excitement will grow proportionally as the number of supporters grow! We want to secure distribution for the Gosnell Movie prior to or during filming and being able to show a big number of backers on our Indiegogo page will be a huge help in our negotiations.

  3. The truth is that our budget is extremely tight. We asked for $2.1m in an all-or-nothing campaign and we absolutely can and will make a movie for that amount. But given the scope and importance of the story, we cannot help but imagine what this movie could be with a little more help.

Based on the three reasons above, we're re-opening this campaign with a clear purpose. Here are our stretch goals that we are hoping to reach, and you can help us get there:

Over 100,000 backers – This is very possible. Imagine if each of you found 3 friends and got them to contribute just ONE DOLLAR. Here is the math: 3 friends x 26,574 + 26,574 of you = 106,296. This would be an amazingly powerful statement of support and a message to distributors that there is a big audience wanting this movie to be seen!

Another $300,000 to extend the shooting schedule – Right now we have enough funds for a three week shoot. That's the absolute minimum we need and we'll be under a lot of pressure to fit everything into this timeframe. With these additional funds, we would be able to film for one more week, which would allow us to construct more powerful in-depth scenes and let our director and actors give their best performances.

Another $200,000 for the actors – in low budget movies like ours, most of the funds go to “below the line”, fixed-cost necessities, such as equipment, filming crew and locations. What remains, can be spent on the “talent” - the actors, and those remaining funds dictate who you can hire. If you enjoy watching movies, you know well what difference a very talented actor can make on screen – it's invaluable! You can help us take a step up with the actors we hire and make the Gosnell Movie even better.

We can do this together! Veronica Mars, a teen detective movie that asked for $2.1m, raised $5.7m, we think the Gosnell Movie is more important, we hope you do too. A guy in Ohio posted a photo of a potato salad and raised $55,492... to make potato salad. We love a good potato salad ourselves, but we think the Gosnell Movie is more important, we hope you do too.

Please remember that every single dollar counts, every new contributor adds to our success. You can use whatever tools you like best: Facebook, Twitter, email, phone – to spread the word about our new effort.

THANK YOU.

If this is your first time hearing about the Gosnell Movie, please see below for more details about this project.

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Today we are launching the biggest ever crowd funding campaign to make a movie about the serial killer, abortionist Dr. Kermit Gosnell.

Dr. Kermit Gosnell is the most prolific serial killer in American History, but almost no one knows who he is. 

The Grand Jury investigating Kermit Gosnell's horrific crimes said this:

          This case is about a doctor who killed babies ... What we mean is that he regularly and illegally delivered live, viable, babies in the third trimester of pregnancy – and then murdered these newborns by severing their spinal cords with scissors .... Over the years, many people came to know that something was going on here. But no one put a stop to it.   (Report of the Grand Jury)


Gosnell is serving several life sentences but the media basically ignored his crimes and his trial. They ignored the facts that emerged from the trial, like the fact that the babies he murdered suffered terribly. Here is what a neonatologist told the Grand Jury:

          The neonatologist testified... If a baby moves, it is alive. Equally troubling, it feels a “tremendous amount of pain” when its spinal cord is severed. So, the fact that Baby Boy A. continued to move after his spinal cord was cut with scissors means that he did not die instantly. Maybe the cord was not completely severed. In any case, his few moments of life were spent in excruciating pain.   (Report of the Grand Jury) 

The media don't think this is a story. Even though Gosnell killed more people than Gary Ridgeway, John Wayne Gacey, The Zodiac Killer and Ted Bundy combined. In a 30 year killing spree, it is thought he killed 1000s of babies. And that wasn't a national story?

"Reserved for media" - empty seats at Gosnell trial

But Jodi Arias who was on trial at the same time as Gosnell, for killing her boyfriend, just one person, was national news.


Jodi Arias

The censorship of the Gosnell story ends now. 

We are raising funds for this movie through a revolutionary website called Indiegogo.

Indiegogo enables “crowdfunding” for important projects.

But here’s the catch. We've set the budget. But if we fail to raise our target budget, Indiegogo will return all the funds, we will received nothing and the film will never be made.

Indiegogo allows us to bypass the usual funding sources for movies.

We funded our last film FrackNation using crowdfunding.

So far, the biggest “crowd funded” film of all-time is the Veronica Mars movie, a teen detective story that asked for $2.1m and raised $5.7m, we think the Gosnell movie is more important, we think you do too.

So we are asking for $2.1m and we are hoping to break the record and make history.

With your help we're going to hire the best screenwriter, director and actors to make sure that the story of Kermit Gosnell gets into every home in America. 

Please pledge right now. 

We tell a lot about ourselves by the stories we choose to tell and the ones we want to cover up or ignore. Please help us tell this important story. 

It's a frightening testament to the power of the media that very few people even know about Kermit Gosnell: America’s Most Prolific Serial Killer.

This is your chance to bypass the media “information gatekeepers” to get tens of millions of Americans thinking about what happened in Philadelphia. 

Please send a message that we don't have to wait for someone else to tell the stories that matter, we can do it ourselves.

Please pledge right now and then please then get 10 friends to pledge. 

Thank you so much for helping us make history.

Ann 

Phelim 

Magdalena

ABOUT US

At the LA premiere of our last movie FrackNation

We’re known mostly for our award-winning documentary films such as FrackNationMine Your Own BusinessNot Evil Just Wrong, and The Search for Tristan's Mum

FrackNation was very well received by the critics. Here are just some of the positive reviews we received:

The New York Times said FrackNation was "meticulously researched....provocative"

Variety - the show business bible - said the FrackNation was a "briskly paced...mischievous pic" 

In January 2013, "FrackNation" had its TV premiere on Mark Cuban's TV channel AXS TV. It has been since broadcast also on PBS Colorado and Canadian Sun News Network.

"FrackNation" has been also screened all across US, Canada, Australia, Poland and the UK, the film had a special screening at the Houses of Parliament in London, at the European Parliament in Brussels.

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Autographed "Gosnell" book!
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Autographed "Gosnell" book!

$25 USD
You will receive a copy of "Gosnell - The Untold Story of America's Most Prolific Serial Killer" hardcover signed by the authors Ann McElhinney and Phelim McAleer. "Gosnell" is a New York Times and Amazon Best Seller which sold out in 3 days after publication. (THIS LIMITED EDITION PERK IS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY OF THE OTHER PERKS).
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63 out of 300 of claimed
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Thank You!

$1 USD
Thank you so much for taking the time to support this project. You've made a statement to the world about something that is important to you and your voice will be heard.
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1373 claimed

"Gosnell" movie postcard!

$10 USD
Thank you and we will send you a special "Gosnell" movie postcard.
890 claimed

A DVD of the movie!

$25 USD
You will receive a DVD of the "Gosnell" movie to watch and share with family and friends. And you can say "I made this movie happen"!
9617 claimed

2 movies!

$50 USD
All of the above and the "Gosnell" movie postcard, plus a DVD of our last movie "FrackNation - A journalists search for the fracking truth" (also funded by the public on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1009530098/fracknation?ref=live)
3562 claimed

3 DVDs and a postcard!

$75 USD
All of the above, plus one additional DVD of the "Gosnell" movie which you can give to others.
334 claimed

4 DVDs and a postcard!

$100 USD
2 DVDs of the "Gosnell" movie, a postcard, and 2 DVDs of our last movie "FrackNation".
2516 claimed

10 DVDs!

$500 USD
10 DVDs of the "Gosnell" movie, plus a postcard signed by Ann, Phelim and Magdalena and a PDF of a final shooting screenplay.
149 claimed

T-shirt!

$1,000 USD
All of the above plus a special T-shirt you can wear to show others how you helped make history. We're going to use top quality cotton, so it'll be comfortable to wear!
50 claimed

We'll write to you!

$2,000 USD
All of the above and a "Thank you" letter from Ann, Phelim and Magdalena.
9 claimed

Ann's signature dish!

$3,000 USD
All of the above and Ann will make her signature meatloaf for you and we will ship it to you overnight on dry ice with a handwritten recipe. Sign up quickly! Anyone who has ever tasted Ann's meatloaf will know these rewards will go fast!
5 out of 15 of claimed

An inside scoop!

$5,000 USD
All of the above and an inside scoop - we will tell you who is going to write and direct the "Gosnell" movie, as soon as we know. Also, we will have 2 conference calls to share exciting and exclusive details about the production with you.
3 claimed

Set visit!

$8,000 USD
All of the above plus you'll get to visit the set during the production and take a photo with Ann, Phelim and Magdalena. You'll need to cover your transportation to our filming location, but we'll put you up in a hotel for a night.
1 out of 20 of claimed

You'll be in the film!

$8,000 USD
All of the above plus you can be an extra in the "Gosnell" movie. You will need to cover your transportation to the set and make yourself available for whenever your scene is scheduled. We'll put you up in a hotel and feed you on the set. You will get to be on screen in a movie that is very important to you!
1 out of 10 of claimed

LA premiere!

$10,000 USD
All of the above plus you're coming to the premiere! You will need to cover your transportation to Los Angeles, but we'll put you up in a hotel for the night.
8 claimed

Pub crawl!

$10,000 USD
All of the above plus a pub crawl guided by Ann and Phelim in Dublin, Ireland, during August 2014. You will need to cover your transportation and accommodation, but the pints are on us!
2 out of 30 of claimed

A speech!

$10,000 USD
All of the above plus either Ann or Phelim will come to your home and make a speech in your living room for you, your family and friends.
8 out of 10 of claimed

Public screening!

$25,000 USD
Everything from the unlimited rewards above plus a license to organize a public screening once the movie is out. One of the producers will attend the screening and do a Q&A with the audience.
1 claimed

A weekend getaway!

$50,000 USD
Everything from the unlimited rewards above plus a weekend in Dublin, including economy flight for two people, 4 stars accommodation for 2 nights, a "Freedom" tour of the city guided by Ann and Phelim with the best of Irish cuisine plus a pub crawl in the evening.
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You'll star in the movie!

$10,000 USD
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