Our Story
THREE PUFFS OF GOLD is a short film about a survivor of date-rape. When she unexpectedly runs into her attacker at a friend's dinner party, her silence starts to take on a dark and magical life of its own.
Director: Reena Dutt
Cast: Anthony Alabi, Sunkrish Bala, David Craig, Meena Serendib, Stephanie Turner
Director of Photography: Robert Webb
Line Producer: Stacey Marbrey
Composer: Nate Pennington
The Impact
First and foremost, film should be beautiful. It should tell a story. And that story should mean something. Breaking the silence of sexual assault isn't just about standing up for your rights. It's about opening yourself up so that your community is able to come in and support you. Because community is the deepest, most miraculous thing in the world and it is a gift to help create one.
What We Need & What You Get
Filmmaking ain't cheap, even when people are working for free. Here's our basic budget:
- Production costs (crew, camera rentals, sets, catering): $5,300
- Post-production costs (special FX - her silence literally becomes magic, sound mixing, editing): $3,200
- Film festival submissions: $1,000-$2,000. This seems as crazy to you as it is to us, but it's part of the game. What's the point in making a film if no one sees it?
- IndieGoGo + credit card fees: 7% of all funds raised
Total costs: roughly $10,500
What we need to start: $6,400 (the $7,100 goal incorporates fees and donations to our collaborators)
Collaborators:
The following organizations inspire and awe us. 10% of all donations at $70 or above will go to one of them. When you donate, you get to decide which one you'd like to support. Good luck choosing, they're all pretty amazing.
Men Stopping Violence. MSV is a nation-wide organization which empowers and encourages men to take responsibility for stopping violence against women.
www.menstoppingviolence.org
Generation5. Founded by Staci Haines, a leading expert in the world of sexual trauma recovery, Gen5's mission is to stop child sexual abuse within 5 generations.
www.generationfive.org
Bay Area Women Against Rape. BAWAR is the nation's first rape-crisis center. For 40 years, they have served the community through outreach, free counseling, and victim's advocacy services.
www.bawar.org
South Asian Network: SAN has been a leader within the South Asian community, advocating for victims rights and domestic violence safety in addition to its immigration work and community health initiatives.
www.southasiannetwork.org
Impact Bay Area. Impact Bay Area is part of a nation-wide organization which seeks to promote healing and empowerment by teaching personal safety and full-force self-defense throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California. *
*ALL DONORS TOWARDS IMPACT will be entered into a drawing to win an In-Home Personal Safety course for you and 3-7 others, a $500 value. Residence must be within 100 miles of Oakland. www.impactbayarea.org
Other Ways You Can Help
Don't have a lot of money? We can relate to that. Here are other ways you can help that are just as powerful:
1) Change your Facebook profile picture to our profile picture. All of your friends will see it and wonder what that is. You can pull it off our page and it's a phenomenal way to help spread the word.
2) Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter and then talk about us. #threepuffs
Meena Serendib
Reena Dutt