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Water: The Film

Two teen rivals are forced to overcome their differences to get out of a dangerous situation.

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Water: The Film

Water: The Film

Water: The Film

Water: The Film

Water: The Film

Two teen rivals are forced to overcome their differences to get out of a dangerous situation.

Two teen rivals are forced to overcome their differences to get out of a dangerous situation.

Two teen rivals are forced to overcome their differences to get out of a dangerous situation.

Two teen rivals are forced to overcome their differences to get out of a dangerous situation.

Dena Marie
Dena Marie
Dena Marie
Dena Marie
2 Campaigns |
Chicago, United States
$3,644 USD 33 backers
7% of $50,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal
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Overview
This film will be the first of its kind in Nollywood. We hope to inspire other filmmakers to create content for this age group that we feel is severely lacking. The film also touches on the importance of water and energy conservation. We need your help to make this film a reality! To express out gratitude we will be creating a backdrop with the names of every single backer that we will showcase at the premieres. Thank you in advance for your help and we invite you to share with others.

About

Water is a feature-length film about two teenage girls who have to overcome their differences and combine forces to survive. Set in Nigeria, the film touches on the importance of water conservation and energy saving. 

Through this film, the executive team hopes to begin a conversation about the importance of water conservation and energy saving in the country. It is an ambitious project and we need all of your help to bring this film to light.

 

How You Can Help

We need to raise $50,000 to make this film a reality. This amount will get us from pre-production to post. Any amount will help get us that much closer to our goal.

Feel free to share with those in your network who might be interested in being a part of bringing this project to life.

We hope you can help us do our part to make a brighter future for the teenagers of Nigeria and across the world.

Your contributions will be used for:

  • Paying our talent (all of whom are local teens and young adults from Nigeria)
  • Paying our talented, diverse, philanthropic crew from Chicago and Nigeria.
  • Equipment needed for filming, lighting and sound 
  • Generators (for overcoming frequent power outages).
  • Flights and transportation
  • Accommodations for cast and crew near shooting locations
  • Feeding the cast and crew while shooting
  • Post-Production (Editing and coloring the film)
  • Marketing and Distribution

By becoming a backer, you will help us create much needed content for the teens of Nigeria. The film explores very universal themes that everyone can relate to and can take something away from the film. You will be helping also create an experience for the teens and young adults in Nigeria that will stay with them throughout their lives.

All of our cast will be Nigerian teens and young adults. Our hope is having them work on this project helps inspire them to continue to pursue enriching, meaningful work in their lives.

To show how much we appreciate your support via donations, we’ve selected a number of exciting swag, including tickets to the premiere (Nigeria or Chicago), associate and executive film credits, and more. We will have a backdrop at both premiers of every backers name to show our gratitude for your help in bringing this film to light.

 

The Impact

There is a huge lack of content for teenagers in Nigeria. This is a need we would like to begin to fill with this film. The film touches on overcoming differences, and what life is like in other parts of the world. We hope to show that we are all much more similar than we are different. To accept and embrace out differences is what can help us grow both individually and as a whole. 

We plan to show this film across Africa, on the heels of the Susan O’tuga’s successful teen cooking show called Cookie Cooks (currently going into its third season and aired on DSTV, African Magic Channel 154). Susan had been passionate about building up teenagers and giving them the platform she never had. As for the United States, we will go the festival route and hope to build momentum and give this film the attention it deserves. 

This film will also be one of the first in Nigeria to feature an all-teenage and young adult cast. Most films in Nigeria are aimed towards an adult audience. As a result, our first round of auditions we got young kids and teens sending up very mature and adult audition videos.  We hope this film will start a trend in filmmaking in Nigeria and will show these teens that it’s alright to just be a teen!

Lastly, we also hope this experience inspires the members of our cast to set their sights high and engage in enriching, fun, important work in their lives moving forward.

P.S. This film is being spearheaded by wonderful, talented women around the world!

 

Meet the Team

                    

Susan O’tuga

Susan O’tuga, the writer/producer of Water, is a successful TV producer in Nigeria. The Cookie Cooks is currently going into their 3rd season. Susan works with Leadership Search Nigeria who will be helping produce the film. She directed and produced The Circle, an episodic InstaSeries that was one of the first of its kind. 

 

Dena Altamore

Dena Altamore is the director of this film. Dena worked on all four of Dick Wolf’s Chicago shows (Chicago Fire, PD, Med, and Justice). She started her own company two years ago called DNA Collaborative, which seeks to bring interesting, powerful stories to life.

 

Michael Hoday

Michael Hoday is the cinematographer of this film. He has worked with some of the largest corporations and artist's like Chance the Rapper. His work and professionalism speak volumes for what he will bring to the project. His dedication to his craft will shine through on this project and make it what we know it can be. 

 

Martin Stebbing

Is our Sound man on the film. Originally from London, Martin ended up in Chicago taking his knowledge of sound engineering and mixing with him. He's worked with various local Chicago bands including Wilco and Poi Dog Pondering. He's worked with Kartemquin, an esteemed Chicago Documentary house and various other projects. He started doing location and production work while at Tower records. He has since found a passion for capturing sound in various environments around the world. We are excited to have him on board and can't wait to see what his talent will bring to the film.

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Virtual High Five!

$25 USD
A virtual high five to those wanting to support the film! Plus get your name on the backdrop at the premiere. Everyone who helps back the film with any amount will have their name on the backdrop.
Included Items
  • Virtual High Five
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October 2019
0 claimed

Signed Script Page

$50 USD
With this perk receive a signed script page from the cast and crew!
Included Items
  • Script Page
6 claimed

Thank you Credit

$100 USD
Have your name go across the big screen to show how your contribution helped make this film a reality!
Included Items
  • Thank you Credit
Estimated Shipping
October 2019
9 claimed

Tickets to Chicago Premiere

$250 USD
A pair of tickets to the premiere in Chicago. It will include screening and Q&A with the Filmmakers following the film.
Included Items
  • Tickets to the Premiere
Estimated Shipping
October 2019
3 out of 75 of claimed

Ticket to Nigerian Premiere

$250 USD
A ticket to Nigerian Premiere with the Q&A after the film.
Included Items
  • Ticket to Nigerian Premiere
Estimated Shipping
October 2019
0 out of 70 of claimed

VIP Tickets to Premiere

$500 USD
A pair of tickets to the premiere in Chicago. It will include screening and Q&A with the Filmmakers following the film. VIP gets you access to a meet and greet with the filmmakers.
Included Items
  • VIP Tickets to the Premiere
Estimated Shipping
October 2019
0 out of 25 of claimed

VIP Tickets Premiere: Nigeria

$500 USD
A VIP pair of tickets to the premiere in Nigeria following a Q&A, plus a meet and greet with the filmmakers.
Included Items
  • VIP Tickets Premiere: Nigeria
Estimated Shipping
October 2019
0 out of 25 of claimed

Junior Associate

$1,000 USD
A pair of VIP tickets to the premiere with the Q&A, access to the meet and greet with the filmmakers, Thank you Credit in the film
Included Items
  • Junior Associate
Estimated Shipping
October 2019
1 out of 15 of claimed

Sponsor

$2,500 USD
Do you have a company and would like to get more exposure? Become a sponsor of the film and have your logo on the backdrop of the premiere and logo in the credit role. Do you have a product you'd like to showcase? Feel free to reach out and let us know what you have and how we might be able to make this work.
Included Items
  • Sponsor
Estimated Shipping
October 2019
0 out of 10 of claimed

Associate Producer

$5,000 USD
This perk will get you Associate Producer Credit along with the tickets to the premiere of the film.
Included Items
  • Associate Producer Credit
Estimated Shipping
October 2019
0 out of 10 of claimed

Executive Producer

$10,000 USD
Receive Executive Producer credit for the film. This perk also get's you VIP access to the premiere.
Included Items
  • Executive Producer
Estimated Shipping
October 2019
0 out of 5 of claimed

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