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<div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial,verdana,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Starting on September 9th, Arcanum Productions, an Ohio based film production company, launched a project on <a href="http://kck.st/afhSGh%20" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Kickstarter.com</a>: a unique fundraising website that is successful because artists inspire people to give by offering tangible rewards. For example, if someone pledges $30.00 to help make "AMERIKA: a notebook in three parts" - a film to be shot in Northeast Ohio - they will get a 5x7 signed promotional photo, an 11x17 signed poster, and their name listed on the "Supporters" section of AMERIKA's website. Pledges start at one dollar. In the event that the production doesn't achieve its goal, which is to raise $20,000.00 in 70 days, then no money changes hands; meaning it's an all-or-nothing funding method. If the fundraising is successful, those funds will be used to buy equipment and begin shooting in Lorain County and the greater Cleveland area this fall.<br>
<br>Please help support Local Filmmaking in Ohio at <a href="http://kck.st/afhSGh" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">http://kck.st/afhSGh</a> </span></span></span><font face="arial, verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12px;"></span></font><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial,verdana,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br>
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</tr> <tr> <td style="padding: 8px; width: 225px;" valign="top">Contact: Mika Johnson<br> Arcanum Productions<br> 440-739-0431<br> Email: <a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:mika@arcanumproductions.com" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 51);" target="_blank">mika@arcanumproductions.com</a><br>
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</tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding: 8px; text-align: justify;"> <div><b>NEW YORK, N.Y. -- August 9, 2010 -- Arcanum Productions</b> is proud to announce the launch of a groundbreaking <a rel="nofollow" href="http://amerika.arcanumproductions.com/en/" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">multi-platform blog</a> that features two preview trailers for "<b>AMERIKA: a notebook in three parts</b>," an in-development feature film by American director and writer <b>Mika Johnson</b>.<br>
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Available in <b>English with Arabic, Chinese and Japanese subtitles</b>, the preview trailers -- the result of an intensive eight-month collaboration with <b>Oberlin College</b> in Oberlin, Ohio -- are the cinematic centerpiece of a groundbreaking multi-platform social awareness and activist online initiative.<br>
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<div>Representing about a third of the cast and story, the preview trailers give visitors a tantalizing glimpse into the film's unique message and aesthetic. The collaboration with Oberlin College included the participation of both students and staff, along with contributions of equipment, props, costumes and space from both the school and members of the local community. The filmmakers also adopted a variety of <b>green production techniques</b> in order to reduce their impact on the environment and provide other filmmakers with innovative and sustainable eco-friendly filmmaking solutions.<br>
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<div>In addition to presenting the preview trailers, the AMERIKA blog aims to develop the on-going discourse surrounding key themes in the film: <b>anti-Arab discrimination, Native American language preservation</b> and <b>water privatization</b>. To help educate the public about these issues, spark dialogue and ultimately inspire action, the blog features expert essays, a Twitter feed, links to petitions and opportunities to support related non-profit organizations.<br>
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<div>Essays have been provided by <b>Reynard Loki</b>, a New York-based writer and environmental activist who writes about the issue of water privatization, and <b>Tariq Elseewi</b>, a doctoral candidate in Arabic language media at the University of Texas in Austin, who writes about Arab portrayals in American film and television.<br>
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<div>The AMERIKA blog also has a dedicated experimental <b>Twitter</b> feed featuring a dialogue of voices culled from America's past and present, with quotes from leading <b>Navajo, Cherokee, Seneca, Sioux, Nez Perce</b> and other Native Americans alongside quotes from such famous Americans as <b>Daniel Boone, George W. Bush, George Washington</b> and <b>Donald Trump</b>.</div>
<div><b>ABOUT "AMERIKA: a notebook in three parts"<br><br></b></div> <div>Shot in a surrealist style using flashbacks, dreams and existential humor, "AMERIKA" emphasizes unique documentary/fiction performances to question traditional and contemporary views of America's history and cultural identity. It tells the story of Kat, a young Japanese woman who travels across the country in search of her long-lost father, soon finding herself at the crossroads of a nation's spiritual destiny.<br>
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<div><b>ABOUT ARCANUM PRODUCTIONS</b></div> <div>Arcanum Productions is a New York-based film production company that re-imagines independent cinema by developing films for Web-based distribution, and is committed to green filmmaking, education, social awareness and a collaborative, community-based ethos. Arcanum is currently seeking production partners and funding for "AMERIKA."<br>
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<div>Select graduates from Oberlin College will continue to work on the production while current students will be invited to volunteer or contribute in a variety of roles. Taking advantage of Ohio's new Film Tax Credit incentives, Arcanum has developed a cost-effective budget to produce AMERIKA in the state's northeast region. The Art Deco and Gothic architecture of the area's storied mansions, ballrooms and train depots will provide the perfect setting to tell the powerful story of "AMERIKA."</div>
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