Below is a message from Steve:
As you may have heard by now, I am currently working on a documentary to commemorate the second birthday of The Sunday Alternative. It will feature talking heads and commentary from myself as I talk about the rise of the show. Some scenes will be filmed during the birthday show itself on Sunday 8th September, (the anniversary to the day, the actual birthday of the show will be Wednesday September 11th).
I am aiming for release on December 22nd this year, which will coincide with the Christmas special of the show, making that a very special Sunday indeed.
In order to make it even more special, I want to do a screening in Nottingham on the Sunday afternoon before I go off to do the show. As it's Christmas I would like to see if I can put on the screening as a free event. There will also be minor costs that will need meeting; food and travel for those taking part mainly, and so I am going to give 'crowd-funding' a whirl.
I don't want the hassle of a kickstarter campaign, especially as I'll be using them next year to take some Nottingham musicians to Connecticut in connection with my USA radio show. For that reason, for this particular project I am asking that people make use of the PayPal donation button at the top of this blog. That is why it's there, so I can afford to give free content away, and if there's enough supportive donations for The Sunday Alternative Documentary (working title) then I'll be able to put the finished film on YouTube and Vimeo rather than selling it on DVD.
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Many thanks in advance to all those who help, and I hope the finished film is as good on screen as it is in my head.
*UPDATE* Of course it was unrealistic to expect to have a documentary made in such a short time, however I still wish to do this. Thanks for the money donated so far, the doc about the radio show will be made in 2014.
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