Thank you. Merci. Shukran. The goal has been achieved. Thank you for your generosity and humanity. Support has come from around the world from my family and friends, fellow documentary makers and broadcasters, and people I have never met or heard of, from all walks of life, from America to Australia to Afghanistan ….. women […]
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A huge trumpet fanfare of thanks to all you generous decent good people, 185 of you all over the world, some complete strangers, some my oldest friends, and some of you the most talented programme makers and actors in the UK. We are so very nearly there, at £9356. I can’t thank you enough. (See […]
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http://hespress.com/videos/68688.html An article in the Moroccan online newspaper Hespress
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I’m not sure exactly who is watching the the video but there have been 4004 plays, which is very gratifying…..I guess that many of the viewers are not wealthy people around the Arab and Muslim world, judging by the response on Twitter, where there are many messages of support and apologies for not being able […]
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There has been quite a bit of discussion in French on Facebook which I will send on to the Casablanca charity L’Association Solidarite Feminine. Do any of my English speaking backers have views on whether Morocco should be called a Muslim society? I call it that because its laws are shaped by Islamic law, but […]
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Thank you to Martin Shipton, excellent journalist on the Western Mail, who discovered the project and wrote a full page article which is now online here http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2012/12/20/filmmaker-s-obsession-is-to-help-the-single-mums-of-arab-slums-91466-32469907/ Pledges are coming in fast now, with 24 in the last 24 hours. The project is 52% funded and I just received a cheque for £500 from a […]
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Great news! The UK’s premier documentary festival Sheffield Doc/Fest has chosen Bastards as one of the projects it loves on its own Kickstarter page https://www.kickstarter.com/pages/sheffdocfest The fate of single mothers in Morocco, on the frontline of feminism. We want these stories to get told. Thank you to all my backers and everyone who has recommended […]
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Thanks to you, my 102 fantastic backers, £4036 has been pledged. There is huge interest in the film, as the website video has been viewed 3023 times, and Twitter continues to be busy, with some heartfelt pleas from Moroccans and other Muslims to get the story told. Clearly you want the film to be made, […]
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TODAY = 30% OF THE GOAL, 88 BACKERS, 112 FOLLOWERS ON TWITTER IN JUST 10 DAYS. And many many Twitter conversations. Here are some of my favourites… Saleem: are you Muslim ??? Deborah: No I’m not Muslim. Did you watch the video on my Kickstarter website? Thanks. Saleem: i seen video that you tweeted and […]
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Hello and thanks for your support! In the first week of the campaign there’s been a wonderful response. Profound thanks to my 59 backers (nearly half of them men), and thanks for the supportive messages from all over the world, from Austria to Afghanistan to Australia via India, Norway, Denmark, France, Canada, USA and of […]
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