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Andrew James is one of the co-directors of Cleanflix (review), an inter­esting explor­a­tion of copy­right issues in the con­text of Mormon cul­ture. I had the good for­tune of meeting Andrew and co-director Josh Ligairi at TIFF last year and con­ducted what I think was a pretty good inter­view.

Since then, I’ve kept track of their sep­arate pro­jects, and was excited to learn that not only was Andrew working on a new film, but that he was using Kickstarter to help fund it. The brainchild of internet brai­niac Andy Baio, Kickstarter is an amazing way for cre­ative pro­fes­sionals to raise funds for their pro­jects by reaching out to their audi­ences before or during the pro­duc­tion pro­cess, rather than fig­uring out a way to reach them after­ward. And you’re not donating; rather, you’re pre-buying some­thing, whether it’s just a thank-you note or a DVD of the fin­ished film. It’s beau­tiful in its sim­pli­city and it’s a joy for me to browse the site reg­u­larly, looking for inter­esting pro­jects to sup­port. Andrew’s is def­in­itely worthy.

Street Fighting Man is a doc­u­mentary premise that sounds like fic­tion. In the economically-ravaged land­scape of Detroit, a retired cop feels the need to take the law into his own hands after local police abandon his com­munity. Even in the research phase, I think you’ll agree that Andrew has cap­tured some great footage and found a really inter­esting sub­ject. Check out the teaser trailer and then click on the nifty widget to lend your support.

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