Kickstarter not just for budding, indie filmmakers anymore

Kickstarter not just for budding, indie filmmakers anymore
Kickstarter not just for budding, indie filmmakers anymore

Kickstarter not just for budding, indie filmmakers anymore

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Spike Lee recently launched a Kickstarter campaign for an upcoming film project. The crowdsourcing Website has offered an avenue for budding filmmakers to get their work on the screen, but should established, traditionally studio-backed artists get in on the action, too? Facets Multi-Media director Milos Stehlik, Kartemquin Films Communications Director Tim Horsburgh, entertainment lawyer David Adler and filmmaker Josh Rosenberg discuss the approach and how it could alter film financing in the future. Photo: Flickr/thomas.rome