White Face: A Short Film About Our Times
A project in New York, NY by Mtume Gant000days
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Help complete post production for White Face, a film on America's ongoing struggle for identity by award-winning Director Mtume Gant.
Backers: 161
Average Pledge Per Backer: $83
Funded: $13,360 of $10,000
Dates: Jul 19th -> Aug 24th (37 days)
Project By: Mtume Gant
Backers: 161
Average Pledge Per Backer: $83
Funded: $13,360 of $10,000
Dates: Jul 19th -> Aug 24th (37 days)
Project By: Mtume Gant
$13,360
current pledge level
Last Updated: August 24 @ 21:01 -0400 GMT
133%
of goal
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Latest News
Final hours for the White Face campaign! 
August 24th - via: kickstarter.com
We have officially hit close to the end of the road for the Kickstarter for White Face. We are just about 400 bucks away from our stretch goal so if you had any thoughts of giving us an extra push or no one anyone you talked to who might be... (Read More)
My First Film SPIT Screens This Thursday On TV!
August 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Yes, you read correctly. My first SPIT is going to be on TV! It shall be making its television premiere on Aspire via the ABFF Independent screenings series hosted by David Banner. Well this Thursday, August 25th at 9pm EST it is finally happening.... (Read More)
White Face is officially funded! Thank you all! But we not done yet....
August 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Yesterday was absolutely amazing. I called upon my community and they responded. Well, I have been calling upon y'all for the last 29 days and you have all responded with helping White Face reach its minimum funding goal of 10K EARLY! Thats right!... (Read More)
Check out (1) of our poster designs by Lucie Blazevska
August 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Good day my people! Just wanted to send you all a quick update as we enter the last 14 days of the campaign. Right now we are sitting at 81% of our goal and are so close! Thank you all for your pledges and shares! We for sure are still going to need... (Read More)
Mtume Gant Interview About White Face
August 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Recently I had an interview with the blog We Be Spirits about some of the process and inspiration in the creation of White Face. You can check it out below! We Be Spirits Interview (Read More)
Chameleon Street and why White Face wouldn't be here without it.
August 1st - via: kickstarter.com
When I was working on the script of WHITE FACE, one of the inspirations was Wendell B Harri's unsung classic film Chameleon Street. I can say WHITE FACE is a direct cousin. There is a long tradition in using absurdist storytelling as a way to depict... (Read More)
Meet Actress Kara Young
July 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Iknow I've been shouting out those who helped make WHITE FACE happen behind the camera, well it's time that I edify someone who did some significant work in front of it. The fantastic Kara Young. Casting is one of the most difficult parts of making... (Read More)
Our Wonderful MakeUp Artist Aria Ferraro
July 27th - via: kickstarter.com
I have to give extra props today to a person who I'm not sure if I didn't find them the vision of the lead character Charles (and thus this film) could have been achieved - makeup artist Aria Ferraro. When we were all systems go with shooting the... (Read More)
Meet My Director Of Photography
July 25th - via: kickstarter.com
This week during the campaign I'm going to highlight some of the people who were integral in helping my film WHITE FACE come together. Yeah, I birthed the idea but really so many have their creative input in helping this baby breathe that I can't let... (Read More)
Why White Face?
July 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
"The question of identity is a question involving the most profound panic - a terror as primary as the nightmare of the mortal fall." James Baldwin, The Devil Finds Work I have gotten a few questions of why WHITE FACE? Why this film? Well, the... (Read More)
Transformation Into Charles
July 21st - via: kickstarter.com
So commemorate ThrowBack Thursday I have decided to share some pics of the process of becoming this character I constructed on paper and making him into a living person on film. Hair was a HUGE part of it...I knew I couldn't go with just a wig, that... (Read More)
What a first day it was. Thank You ALL!
July 20th - via: kickstarter.com
You all are amazing..... First day of our campaign was beyond what I even could hope to aim for. I had set a personal first-day goal of around being 10% funded....well we more than doubled that and reached 26% of our final goal in less than 24 hours... (Read More)
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