OUR GOALS & YOUR PAY-OFF!
Since July 2012 I’ve been traveling across America, filming the stories of regular Americans, families, key experts in the psychiatry field, wellness gurus and mental health policy makers.
We need to raise $50,000 to help cover the rest of production and continue editing. Where does your money go? Your backing will go towards many months of editing, air travel, local car rental, gas, tolls, crew wages, crew meals, editing equipment, camera equipment, and several highly talented animators (it’s going to be awesome!). We may be great at keeping costs low, but we still need your help!
In return for your financially backing this project, we’re offering 12 tiers of awesome rewards, with every level trying to give back to you as much as we can.
For $52... Tickets to a 2-part special evening event, just for you!
CINEMA CARE PACKAGE! For $500, all of the above tiered perks*, plus signed DVD copy of the finished MAKE ME NORMAL, copies of the director's short films, her HBO documentary YOUTH KNOWS NO PAIN, plus choose from an assortment of great movies by producer Jeff Kusama-Hinte: THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT, THIRTEEN, SOUL POWER, ROMAN POLANSKI: WANTED AND DESIRED or HIGH ART. (*excludes yoga perk)
We're also featuring a LIMITED NUMBER of signed copies (to you!!) of the much talked about book by Gary Greenberg (featured in film), “Book of Woe,” for a donation of $200.
STAR IN A PHARMA AD WITH COMEDIAN MIKE ALBO!
Only 10 REWARDS/ ROLES AVAILABLE... Ok, so it’s not a REAL Pharma ad. But you'll be a star! Join NYC comedian, writer and health guru Mike Albo of "Underminer"
- For $10, you get the "Head De-Jamming Playlist," an eclectic, diverse online playlist curated by musicians, DJs, wellness professionals and therapists, "Certified" to calm and play in any background. And you get a big warm online THANK YOU, AND our newsletter, which will keep you updated on important mental health news, articles, policy development and wellness tips-- in addition to informing you of the film's progress as it nears completion and starts screening in the world.
- For $25, all of the above plus a MAKE ME NORMAL bumper sticker and pin
- for $40, exclusive digital downloads of the filmmaker's previous Sundance and Oscar-winning short films, and animation stills from the film by Supervising Animator Mary Varn ("Waking Life").
- for $60, fight the labels with the MAKE ME NORMAL T!
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FILM
We welcome your questions! And will post on our blog on MAKEMENORMAL.COM
Q: ARE YOU ANTI-DRUG?
A: No. This is a more nuanced conversation than "for" or "against."
Q: ARE YOU ANTI-PSYCHIATRY?
A: Nope. There are many, many very concerned psychiatrists who agree that we’re over-pathologizing human behavior, over-diagnosing and over-medicating. In fact, on hearing about the film, we’ve even received anonymous donations from veteran psychiatrists and psychotherapists who are alarmed with how their field has changed.
Update:
Q: DARN. YOUR INDIEGOGO CAMPAIGN IS DONE. CAN I STILL MAKE A TAX-DEDUCTIBLE DONATION?
A: Yes! Although our Indiegogo was fantastically funded and will enable us to finish shooting, as is the usual course of filmmaking, we are sourcing the majority of our budget from other sources to finish post-prodution and complete the film through final edit. We are fiscally sponsored by the 501C-3, WOMEN MAKE MOVIES. You can make a donation HERE.
http://www.wmm.com/filmmakers/sponsored_project...