A group of indy filmmakers went to the wrong demographic to get their anti-gun propaganda piece made. Instead of getting a grant from Bloomberg or the Joyce Foundation, they tried '
crowdsourcing' and barely made half of their goal.
What is SIX?
SIX is a short film about a child who
finds a hidden gun while playing alone on a rooftop. It is a story about
a child's imagination vs. reality; a child's innocence vs. the power of
guns; and a child's vulnerability vs. the negligence of adults.
Why Should I Care?
Above all, SIX is a story about our world - today.
The number of firearms in the US is not
in the millions, but in the hundreds of millions. With all the talk
about gun control, who can control over 300 million privately owned
guns? We want to take part in the conversation as we best can: by making
this film! You can do the same by helping us make it.
Besides being political, we are making a
film that is not only thought-provoking, but that is also going to make
you laugh, cry, feel and think.
Now I tried talking to one of the filmmakers.
She admitted the film wasn't about 'education' but to make people 'think' and to 'generate discussion'. IOW, 'think' and 'discuss' how guns are bad. When I asked the question about if they had a firearm safety expert not from an anti-gun group as a technical advisor, she stopped talking.
Just like I said, they're not trying to 'talk about our world today' in any sort of realistic form but instead to scare people.
In comparison,
several KS campaigns for board games I've been involved in have reached their goals by multiples w/i days.I'm sure they'll find a way to get the rest of the money to finish their film but once again, it shows that there are no grassroots for gun control.