Charity screening

tetsujin1979

morning all. Last May, while browsing the kickstarter.com website (a site for people who request crowd sourced funds to create projects they cannot get private funding for) I noticed a new project was requesting funding for a documentary on Jay DeMerit, the US soccer player.

While it was the name that caught my eye, after watching the trailer I resolved to donate what I could and help the guys complete a project that was clearly very close to their hearts. I was one of the first backers of the project, and I think the first person outside of the States to contribute to it.

The project completed funding a little over two months later, and set new records on kickstarter for a movie funded on the site, the largest set goal on the site, and the seventh largest total number of backers, including Bolton Wanderers midfielder Stuart Holden who donated 10,000!

Since the film was completed, the directors have been hosting screenings in the States, and it is about to have a limited run in England. They asked the backers of the project to try and help organise screenings in their own areas, so with that in mind I contacted them a few months ago about hosting a screening in Dublin. They were very responsive, and have been a lot of help to me over the last few weeks while I try to get this up and running.

It's gotten to the point where I have quotes from a few different cinemas around Dublin for renting a screen for an evening and now I need to find out the interest level so I can go ahead and book it. At the moment, the most likely venue is Cineworld on Parnell St, on the 6th or 7th February

Take a look at the film's official site here - http://jaydemeritstory.com/ - that story is nearly as interesting as the documentary itself!

If you're interested in seeing it, leave a reply below. At the moment, I'll need about 80 people in total to show an interest (I'll be posting it on other sites I'm involved with as well) and it'll be about 6-10 euro per person to cover the cost of the screening depending on the level of interest

As well as that, I'm involved with a charity collection in the office where I work. I work as a computer programmer and one of the developers in the office is raising money for an operation for his son James, who has cerebral palsy. We're doing a variety of events this year to raise money, so if you attend the screening, we would ask you to donate €5 to the fund. You can read mode about the charity, and how to donate here: http://www.forjames.com/

Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghBM-3y629E

Finally, there's a facebook public event here if you want to invite anyone else: https://www.facebook.com/events/328717853829730/
Feel free to pass the link on to anyone you think would be interested

I'd like to thank Sad Professor for giving me permission to post this here, the original post needed some tidying up first.

tetsujin1979

All booked into Cineworld for the 7th (6th was unavailable) at 7:30
It's €15 a ticket - €10 for the cost of renting the screen, and €5 to the charity, with any excess from the cost of renting the screen going to the charity.

Skinfull

Fair play. hope to see it.

tetsujin1979

had to move the start back to 7, so can you try and be there before then?
thanks

tetsujin1979

last call for people who are coming tonight, you can just tell them at the cinema that you're there for the screening and go up to cinema 15
we'll have a desk where you can pay, it'll be €15
hope to see you there

tetsujin1979

I'd like to thank everyone for coming along on Tuesday night, hope you all enjoyed the film and we raised €400 for James!
For anyone who couldn't make it, you can still donate on the charity's site: http://www.forjames.com

I've spoken with the directors, Nick and Ranko, and they've asked to leave any feedback you had on the film on the facebook page for it: https://www.facebook.com/TheJayDeMeritStory?sk=wall or on twitter @JayDeMeritStory