An Encounter with Simone Weil

A project in Brooklyn, NY by Julia Haslett
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An emotionally powerful new documentary about thinker, activist, mystic, Simone Weil––a young woman willing to die for her convictions.
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Backers: 247
Average Pledge Per Backer: $81

Funded: $20,077 of $15,000
Dates: Feb 16th -> Mar 17th (31 days)
Project By: Julia Haslett
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Latest News

New Reward! Rare edition of THE NEED FOR ROOTS with preface by T. S. Eliot

March 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Help get us to $20,000 by midnight. Pledge $150 for the 1952 edition of Weil's THE NEED FOR ROOTS with a preface by T.S. Eliot. In it, Eliot writes: "We must simply expose ourselves to the personality of a woman of genius, of a kind of genius akin to... (Read More)

Critic's Pick in NY Magazine and just 10 hours to go!

March 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear Friends and Supporters, We're excited to announce that New York Magazine has chosen AN ENCOUNTER WITH SIMONE WEIL as a Critic's Pick! Read capsule review here. Thanks to all of you we've almost reached our $20,000 goal. We need to raise just... (Read More)

Great News and an Irresistible New Reward!

March 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear Friends and Supporters, I'm thrilled to announce that at 3:01 AM Tuesday morning we reached and surpassed our goal of $15,000! We can't thank you enough for helping us get there. This means we can fund our opening at the Quad Cinema, March 23 -... (Read More)

Half way there!

March 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Dear Friends and Supporters, We've reached the mid-point of our campaign. And thanks to all of your generous pledges we've raised almost $10,000! But we still have a ways to go to reach and surpass our goal by March 17. I've just returned from... (Read More)

Radio show! And 45% there...

February 27th - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)

We're one quarter of the way there!

February 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear Friends and Supporters, I am deeply moved and touched by the support you have given the film since our campaign launched just three days ago. Thanks to your generosity, we have raised almost $4,000! That's over 25% of our goal. And, on our first... (Read More)

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