Support for Haiti Community Program Support, Community Coverage and Film Project

Malinda Francis
a docuvixen film
78 Condor Ave
Toronto, Ontario
M4J 3M9
walnutstudiosloft@gmail.com
647-869-1880

To Whom It May Concern,

Dear Community Members,and Organizations,

My name is Malinda Francis, a docuvixen film, and have been around the city as a community filmmaker for a about almost 7 years now. I have done this totally independently and covering stories that I find are missing from the media landscape. I have been following the coverage around the situation in Haiti, and feel that there is a lot of missing stories that need to be told and a lot of voices are being silenced especially Haitian. I have been working with other Haitian filmmakers and storytellers, and would like to raise the production budget to help us get to Haiti to document those stories that are missing in the Mainstream Media. I am requesting donation from your organization to support the film project. The working title of the film project is Displacement Camps. Currently the Team is a cross border collaboration with Haitian Storytellers Michel Dessources Jr and Oja Vincent, the Project Discription and Teams bios are both attached to this email.

In October 2010, Mario Joseph, one of Haiti’s most prominent human rights lawyers, journeyed to North America. Frustrated by the continued human rights violations in post-earthquake Haiti, he petitions the Organization of American States on behalf of his fellow Haitians. The petition calls for the Haitian Government to provide basic shelter to its citizens. He also was here in Toronto and headed a panel discussion on the nine month update on the situation in Haitii. I documented his talk on film and it may be accessed through this link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_k-a2RCvLg

The situation is really critical and as soon as enough of the budget is raised the team will be making its way to Haiti, to start documenting the stories from the ground, Any Donations towards the Production cheques can be made out to A DOCUVIXEN FILM, that will go directly to the production of this film project, and building support for ongoing projects that support and rebuild Haiti.

Thank you for your time and consideration of this request for financial support, and please don’t hesitate in asking me any question you have about the film project. Please contact me: 647-869-1880, walnutstudiosloft@gmail.com.

The aim is to get to Haiti, as soon as possible, because to current humanitarian crisis, and the need for this story to be told and the urgency that Haitians need support from the international community.

Sincerely,

Malinda Francis
and the Team.