The Banjo Project: funds needed

Thanks to Derek Lockhart of Dangem Quality Instruments, who writes:

Something worthy of our support - The Banjo Project. If you're not familiar with The Banjo Project, it's a very exciting documentary that has been in the works for a few years now. From the project's website:

The Banjo Project is a cross-media cultural odyssey: a major television documentary, a live stage/multi-media performance, and a website that chronicle the journey of America’s quintessential instrument — the banjo — from its African roots to the 21st century. It’s a collaboration between Emmy-winning writer-producer Marc Fields and banjo virtuoso Tony Trischka (the Project’s music director), one of the most acclaimed acoustic musicians of his generation...

Narrated by Steve Martin, The Banjo Project television documentary brings together contemporary players in all styles — Earl Scruggs, Pete Seeger, Bela Fleck, Taj Mahal, Don Vappie, Cynthia Sayer, Ralph Stanley, among many others — with folklorists, historians, instrument makers. and passionate amateurs to tell the story of America’s instrument in all its richness and diversity.

Marc was contacting me with a request - he and Tony Trischka are trying to raise the funding needed to complete the editing of the documentary. They've launched a pledge campaign on Kickstarter, an online crowdsource funding platform.

The success of this kind of campaign is totally dependent on social networking and spreading the word. So tell your friends, and pledge some money on Kickstarter! The cool thing about pledging money is you'll only actually have to pay if the $25,000 goal is met. Plus, you can get little rewards (like a pre-release DVD) for helping to support the project. I just pledged $250 - what can you do to help spread the banjo love?

The trailer for The Banjo Project can be seen on Vimeo.

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