Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire - Major Energy and Environmental News and Commentary affecting the Nuclear Industry. Nuclear Activities
Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire - Major Energy and Environmental News and Commentary affecting the Nuclear Industry. Nuclear Activities
There has been some discussion about my movie, "Pandora's Promise", floating around here the last couple of days associated with the piece about Mark Lynas and his new book. So I wanted to use this new thread to give all of you a bit of an update on where we stand.
ReplyDeleteYes, as some of you have now heard, we have a 7 minute fundraising teaser/trailer that is making it's way to certain individuals on a need-to-know basis. I am not making it public at the moment, though there is some thought being given to doing possibly doing so in the future.
We have already raised 2/3 or the approximately $850,000 budget. Much of the film has been shot and we will continue to film and to edit into the fall and winter. Our funding efforts going forward will involve a combination of big ticket philanthropists and an accumulation of smaller private (tax-deductable) donations via our website http://www.pandoraspromise.com.
We are not soliciting or accepting money from the nuclear industry, activist or lobbying groups of any stripe, or major American broadcasters. The strength and credibility of this film lies in its total independence from outside influence. However difficult that road may be, it's the only way to make a film that has any chance of having a real impact, particularly on those who may initially disagree with its premise.
What is emerging from this project (which has already consumed the last 2 years of my life) is a story unlike anything else that has been done on the subject of energy. It is synthesizing and combining the personal narratives and thinking of people like Mark Lynas, Stewart Brand, Michael Schellenberger, Nathan Myhrvold and others, into a larger portrait of the human predicament and our complex relationship with the ultimate in human technology. It is also the story of moving from one way of thinking towards another - a story about changing ones mind in the face of new information and changing circumstances. While the subject could not be bigger, it is told in a way that's deeply personal, and told entirely through the voices of our central characters.
I hope this satisfies your curiosity for the moment. If some of you have thoughts or ideas you would like to share with me that could be helpful in getting the film completed that's something that's best done privately.
Thanks,
Robert
Robert Stone
robert@pandoraspromise.com