by ChanCan_Admin | Feb 5, 2015 | Uncategorized |
Hello backers, supporters, and friends from our Indiegogo campaign! Someone said to me, “You’re wearing an ill-fitting suit.” I said, “No, it’s not an ill-fitting suit. It’s a very well fitting suit. I just don’t happen to be the person it fits.” –Barney Frank As one of our rewards we’re offering THE FAMOUS “NEATNESS ISN’T EVERYTHING POSTER.” Barney Frank launched an early political campaign with this slogan, and he kept a copy of the poster hanging prominently in his Congressional Office. This is a limited 18×24″ reproduction—SIGNED by Barney Frank. Sneak Peek–Watch Mike Barnicle, Lance Black, and Mike Oxley talk about “Barney being Barney” Mike Barnicle is a veteran print and broadcast journalist recognized for his street-smart, straightforward style honed over nearly four decades in the field. The Massachusetts native has written 4,000-plus columns collectively for The Boston Globe, Boston Herald and the New York Daily News, and continues to champion the struggles and triumphs of the everyman. Dustin Lance Black is an American screenwriter, director, film and television producer and LGBT rights activist–and Academy Award winner for the 2008 film Milk. Mike Oxley is the former head of the House Financial Services Committee and a Barney Frank colleague. Keep in touch with us on Indiegogo, Facebook, and on our website to be a part of the journey. Most importantly, please spread the word, post to your Facebook pages and Tweet about our campaign to friends, family and colleagues so that this important conversation can continue. THANK YOU for supporting COMPARED TO WHAT? and we’ll be back with more soon! – Sheila & Michael and the Compared to What?...
by ChanCan_Admin | Feb 3, 2015 | Uncategorized |
Hello backers, supporters, and friends from our Indiegogo campaign! THANK YOU to everyone! PLEASE keep spreading the word about the campaign to finish COMPARED TO WHAT? The Improbable Journey of Barney Frank and bring it to the world. We’re thrilled to announce a NEW REWARD: Dustin Lance Black won an Oscar for his screenplay Milk, the story Harvey Milk. Mr. Black was interviewed for Compared to What? and now will autograph FOR YOU a copy of his historic play “8.” The play uses actual courtroom transcripts to dramatize the California marriage equality lawsuit that went to the Supreme Court and led to the overturn of Proposition 8—an amendment eliminating rights of same-sex couples to marry in California. WATCH our footage of Mr. Frank reading the play just a few minutes before he marries husband Jim Ready and join him and Jim as they watch a performance of “8” in Salt Lake City: Keep in touch with us on Indiegogo, Facebook, and our website to be a part of the journey. Most important, please spread the word, post to your Facebook pages and Tweet about our campaign to friends, family and colleagues so that this important conversation can continue. THANK YOU for supporting COMPARED TO WHAT? and we’ll be back with more soon! –Sheila & Michael and the Compared to What?...
by ChanCan_Admin | Feb 3, 2015 | Uncategorized |
Hello backers, supporters, and friends! Huffington Post ran a great article on our Indiegogo Campaign today: Everyone Should See Compared to What? The Improbable Journey of Barney Frank Ten percent of the way there. THANK YOU. Meet Diego Sanchez, PFLAG’s Director of Policy and former Senior Policy Advisor to Congressman Frank. His personal story touched our hearts and we hope will touch yours. STORIES MATTER: Keep in touch with us on Indiegogo Facebook, and at our website Compared to What? to be a part of the journey. Most importantly, please spread the word, post to your Facebook pages and Tweet about our campaign to friends, family and colleagues so that this important conversation can continue. THANK YOU for supporting COMPARED TO WHAT? and we’ll be back with more soon! –Sheila & Michael and the Compared to What?...
by ChanCan_Admin | Jan 29, 2015 | Uncategorized |
Hello backers, supporters, and friends! Yesterday Roll Call -The Source for News on Capitol Hill- featured a story about our Indiegogo campaign to finish Compared to What? The Improbable Journey of Barney Frank: ‘Compared to What’ Team Campaigns to Bring Flick to D.C. And we raised over $6,000 in just a few hours. People are responding to our message that this is a film that must be seen! Let’s keep the momentum going. Do you talk Barneyspeak? Watch Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Tammy Baldwin offer you a lesson: Send us your own Barneyspeak story and we’ll post it on our blog. Keep in touch with us on Indiegogo and Facebook, join our Thunderclap campaign, and visit our website Compared to What? to be a part of the journey. Most importantly, please spread the word, post to your Facebook pages and Tweet about our campaign to friends, family and colleagues so that this important conversation can continue. THANK YOU for supporting COMPARED TO WHAT? and we’ll be back with more soon! –Sheila & Michael and the Compared to What?...
by ChanCan_Admin | Jan 27, 2015 | Uncategorized |
Dear Compared to What supporters and friends, We are thrilled to announce that “Compared to What? The Improbable Journey of Barney Frank“ can now be supported by all of the film’s fans! Today we launched our crowd funding campaign on Indiegogo! Donations to this campaign will go directly to finishing costs of the film so it can be distributed at cinemas and homes around the world. Donors will be honored with tiered rewards, including the following and more: advance copies of the movie access to our other award-winning documentaries a reproduction of an historic gay rights bill introduced by Mr. Frank exclusive behind the scenes footage the famous Neatness poster signed by Mr. Frank one-of-a-kind images of Barney Frank by renowned artist Jon Friedman, whose portrait of Mr. Frank hangs in the U.S. House Financial Services Committee Room and invitations to VIP dinners We are so grateful for the overwhelming support “Compared to What?” has received so far, and we would like to thank all of our backers in advance. This film was made for you! Donate on Indiegogo Sincerely, Sheila and Michael and The Compared to What...
