It’s official. DocuWeeks, one of the world’s most prestigious documentary programs, has invited our self-funded, indie-documentary Dying to do Letterman to compete for an Academy Award®.
Dying To Do Letterman
Living a Kickstarter Dream Come True. Will You Join Our Oscar® Campaign?
When you wake up and realize you’ve raised close to 50% of your Kickstarter goal in less than 48 hours, it’s time to take swift action! Will you join us in making a statement to the world that Dying to do Letterman belongs in theaters? Thank you. Please pledge now. Much love, Joke and Biagio
Making $11,000 in 18 Hours on Kickstarter Made Biagio Cry
By now, you’ve all heard about our Kickstarter for an Oscar® campaign, and if you haven’t, you can learn more here. We launched yesterday at 2:13 pm. Less than 24 hours later we’ve already raised over 30% of our goal (currently we up to $11,975 in pledges.) Here’s our thoughts: Please swing by and pledge … Read more
Do the Late Show or Die Trying
Our passion project documentary, Dying to do Letterman, currently playing in Chicago at the Just For Laughs comedy festival, made the front page of The Daily Herald today. You can read the article Do Late Show or Die Trying at The Daily Herald site. If you or someone you know is in Chicago, check out … Read more
See Our Documentary Dying to do Letterman in Two More Cities Soon
We love traveling around with Dying to do Letterman. We’ve met so many of you in person, sharing meals, swapping stories, and getting to know each other better. The best part of making friends on Twitter, via our Facebook page, and here at the Joke and Biagio blog is eventually getting face to face time … Read more
Restrepo Documentarian Tim Hetherington Lived Life His Way
Documentarian and Oscar-nominated co-director of the film Restrepo Tim Hetherington died today in Libya. He was covering the conflict between Muammar Gaddafi’s forces and Libyan rebels. A Life To Celebrate There are no words at a time like this. But as time goes on, it will not be how Tim died, but how he lived, … Read more
Dying to do Letterman Press and Teacher Love
Nice little article from the blog of one of the big A.M. stations in Cleveland. I wanted to post a link to it here because it speaks to something I’m very passionate about…teachers. And not all teachers…let’s face it, we’ve all had some pretty awful teachers along the way. But the good ones…the ones who … Read more
POV Video: Winning A Big Festival Prize
I’m proud to say that Dying to do Letterman won a top prize at The Cleveland Film International Film Festival. The final prize of the night, the Greg Gund Memorial Standing Up Film Competition, which includes a $5,000 prize, went to us. I was rolling on my flip cam, but then so completely lost in … Read more
Steve and Biagio Delirious in Cleveland Video
Little sleep, too much caffeine, and no Joke to reel us in? Sounds like trouble! Check out me and Steve doing our best to talk Dying to do Letterman at the Cleveland International Film Festival: