Our Crowdfunding Pick of the Week this go-round isn’t a film or film-related project. This time we’re sharing a play, 50th & 4th. The campaign page describes the play thusly: “50th & 4th is a thank you note and an apology letter to New York City and the people who care about you here. In […]
It’s possible you’ve noticed that we at 4MileCircus have a little preference for retro style. We have a bit of an obsession with the style of our childhoods in the 80s and 90s. Just a bit. A lot maybe. So, when this crowdfunding campaign for a film about how the friendship between two girls changes over […]
Shawn “Other Shawn” Setaro is the host of acclaimed hip hop podcast The Cipher, a prolific journalist for Forbes and Complex among other publications, and a long-time musician. In the conclusion of our two part conversation, Sean and Nicole talk with him about using Patreon: from wtf it even is and how it works […]
Author Joselin Linder’s just-released The Family Gene is a memoir about the deadly effects of a unique genetic mutation on her family, as well as their efforts to stop it. In part two of our two part conversation, Sean and Nicole sit down with Linder to discuss her new book and the ins and […]
We focus on fundraising in part two of our conversation with Lisa Hammer and Levi Wilson of Radiana, Maybe Sunshine, The Sisters Plotz, and a variety of other projects across multiple forms of media. Lisa and Levi discuss selling band merch to fund projects, the crowdfunding campaigns for SLC Punk 2 and the Sisters […]
Hye Yun Park sits down with Nicole and Sean to talk about her work. Topics include crowdfunding failures and successes, responsibilities to and collaboration with funders of a project, her upcoming series BKPI with SuperDeluxe, casting toys in film and photography projects, her Grown Woman with Toys photo project, and selfies (they’re great!). […]
In our tenth episode, 4MileCircus partners Sean Mannion and Nicole Solomon talk with comedy duo SJ & Ginny about their crowdfunding campaigns for the short film “Pillows” and television pilot Urban Teach Now.
Summary: “WE ARE IN A VISIBILITY CRISIS! Queer women make up 2% of tv characters and in 2016, 18 female queer characters have already been killed. The representation and longevity of our storylines are at risk. With the support of an all female cast and crew we bring to you queer ladies that are eternal.” […]
Summary: “My next album, NOISEWITCH, is halfway done. The second half of the recording takes place in August 2016. You can hear snippets of songs in the video above. I want to get this music into your ears as soon as possible! For this to happen I need to know there are enough of you wanting […]