Press Release:
November 24, 2013 by LunchBox Communications- Dear
Friends and Colleagues,
We only have 18 hours left on
Kickstarter to raise the funding to complete "Whatever happened to
Tyrell Biggs?". Kickstarter is an all or nothing platform. They will
only charge your account and donations if the amount of plegdes reach our
campaign goal.
This is where we ask you to do a little work. Tell everyone.
Forward this email to anyone you know who has an interest in sports,
filmmaking, community hope, after school programs, documentaries or helping out
with anything you believe in. Then please take five minutes tonight to donate.
Every dollar and supporter counts.
We are excited for this story to be told and we hope you are
too...
This is so much more than a sport biopic about the first
ever US Super Heavyweight Gold Medalist and his rise and fall. It's a story
that has the potential to engage and inspire people of all ages and from all
walks of life.
As Filmmakers we felt moved to connect the dots from the
classic tragic boxing tale of Tyrell Biggs to the hope of the interfaith and
multigenerational community that has adopted this fallen hero and, with him,
begun writing a new chapter in boxing for a struggling neighborhood.
We are inspired by the boxing community in West Philadelphia
at the Shepard Recreational Center. Two of the young boxers from the Center's
Mitch Allen Gym just won the Junior Olympics. Also, D and D management has a
growing stable of up-and-coming Pros training at the gym alongside the young kids
and legacy champions. This is where Pastor David Price of D and D realized that
the man he was seeing work around the recreation center in the afternoons was
none other than Tyrell Biggs, the first Super Heavyweight Olympic champion.
We learned what boxing and independent filmmaking have in
common - besides taking a lot of hard knocks - to succeed it requires a major
commitment by an entire community. West Philadelphia and the Shepard Recreation
Center are bursting with stories but an unfortunate lack of resources to tell
their own tale.
The campaign ends tomorrow morning, November 25th. Please
start hitting the forward button now.
With gratitude,
#TeamBiggs
For more information about “Whatever Happened to Tyrell
Biggs?” Please visit:
www.facebook.com/TyrellBiggsDoc
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