The campaign exceeded its goal, with 1,220 backers pledging $153,346 to help bring the project to life. The Endowment also was chiefly responsible for the ' The Presidents ' series on PBS's popular ' The American Experience ' program, which recently. They noted on the campaign’s page additional funding was needed to pay licensing fees on archival footage and technical edits. They set out to raise $150,000 by December 1. Last October, the filmmakers launched a Kickstarter campaign. The funny thing is, the first 35 books were all hers.†Funding Challenges and Oprahįour years in the making, while the film received funding from such groups as The Ford Foundation and National Endowment for the Arts, it struggled with financing. “Years ago, I asked her, ‘If you could only read 100 books in your whole lifetime, what should they be?’ She wrote me a list. Angelou and I had a dear, dear relationship,†Gardner told. This is the first film Gardner has produced. The film’s Executive Producers include Reuben Cannon, the renowned casting director credited with launching Oprah’s acting career, and Chris Gardner, the CEO of HappyNess and author of The Pursuit of Happyness.
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