It is always exciting to see black filmmakers exploring the more fantastical genres of cinema, like Che Grayson and Sharon De La Cruz (NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts), and their multi-media project, titled Rigamo, which will be both a film and a comic book. The project would be written and directed by Che Grayson, with visual effects coming from Sharon De La Cruz; while the comic book will be drawn by Sharon, and the story written by Che.
The duo have already managed to raise a third of their budget with the help of a grant from NYU’s Graduate Student Organization, and are now hoping to raise the rest of it ($2100) via a newly-launched Kickstarter campaign, which ends on March 15. And need to raise the other $1350 by next month which should not be a huge challenge.
The money raised will go towards:
– Costumes and production design to help bring the vision to life
– Transportation for cast and crew
– Food for cast and crew
– Price of film stock and film development
– Pay for film festival submission fees so we can get this story to a greater audience.