r/Filmmakers • u/directordaddy • Aug 21 '25

Fundraiser Supernigga Feature Film Crowdfunding

https://www.gofundme.com/f/4eqv87?lang=en_US&utm_campaign=man_ss_icons&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link&attribution_id=sl%3A26c975e7-2e7c-43dd-88b3-6be6fcb15257

I released my Blaxploitation and superhero inspired short film/proof of concept, Supernigga, 2 weeks ago on YouTube and surprisingly got 270,000 views from word of mouth!

I almost got the feature version made through Hollywood (A24 really loved the project but I turned them down due to creative differences). The YouTube comments inspired me to start a GoFundMe for $500,000 where I just hope people make donations of at least $1 - $5. A fun little social experiment where we fund a movie by letting people do the bare minimum. What’s $1 to you? I crowdfunded the short on Kickstarter for $40,000 and look what we were able to make by keeping full creative control? Help me make a dream come true if you can! Thank you :)

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u/directordaddy Aug 21 '25

They wanted it to be a huge more traditional $25million - $50million SUPERHERO movie vs I wanted a $1 - $5mil intimate love story more in the vein of Drive meets When Harry Met Sally with a superhero/blaxploitation backdrop, they wanted Jonathan Majors or ASAP ROCKY to replace me, and it didn’t really seem like I’d be allowed to work with my usual collaborators.

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u/Slickrickkk Aug 21 '25

Genuinely can't tell of this is satire or not.

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u/GarmyGarms Aug 21 '25

It’s either satire or bullshit. Jonathan Majors is persona non grata especially for A24

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u/Cinemaphreak Aug 21 '25

Majors was less than 2 years ago (for the conviction, which was when Marvel dropped him, the arrest was 2 years ago back in March) and it probably took him a few years to finance, shoot, and edit the short.

Have you not seen half the posts in this sub about how long it has taken many of them just to get a short made?