Journalist and filmmaker Pj Perez (director of “Parkway of Broken Dreams”) is running a crowdfunding campaign to jumpstart production of his next documentary, “Murdered on the Fourth of July,” which will tell the story of the circumstances surrounding the brutal murders of anti-racist activists Lin “Spit” Newborn and Daniel Shersty by neo-Nazi skinheads in the desert outside Las Vegas on July 4, 1998.
What happened to Spit and Dan rocked not only the Las Vegas creative and activist communities they were a part of, but the anti-racist movement globally. Their killing exposed the threat posed by white supremacist groups–a threat that, as we’ve seen especially in recent years, still persists to this day, which makes telling this story, unfortunately, more relevant than ever.
Pj launched a campaign for the film this week on the creative crowdfunding website Seed&Spark, where they have 30 days to raise $12,000 to help jumpstart production on this documentary. And because Murdered on the Fourth of July is a fiscally sponsored project of the nonprofit International Documentary Association, almost all donations to the film are tax deductible.
Campaign Details
- The Seed&Spark crowdfunding campaign launches October 2, 2023 and runs through November 1, 2023.
- The campaign must raise at least 80% of its $12,000 goal within 30 days to get the “green light.”
- Contributions to the campaign are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
- Funds raised by this campaign will pay for about a week’s worth of filming to capture critical interviews and other essential material needed to position this documentary for success.
- People can get updates about the film and the campaign progress by clicking “Follow” on the Seed&Spark project page.
