Filmmaker Lucas McNelly on Film Courage (Ep. 99)

Mon, 2011-02-21 10:52 — Filmcourage

Filmmaker Lucas McNelly who inspired us all with the miraculous finish to his Kickstarter campaign for his project A Year Without Rent calls into Film Courage to tell us the first person he told about the idea, his thoughts on the importance of incentives in crowd-funding, what motivated him to commit to a year volunteering his time on indie film projects across the country, and the point he knew he was going to reach his $12,000 goal.

To follow Lucas on his journey, please visit www.ayearwithoutrent.com

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