ACHARYA Movie on the Life of Srila Prabhupada by Yadubara das
Dear Devotees,
Please accept our respectful obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Our team is in the final stages of completion of the ACHARYA movie (soon to be renamed HARE KRISHNA - The Mantra, the Movement and the Swami Who Started It All.) By Krishna’s grace, we have recently secured the funds to finish the film. Thanks so much to those donors who came forward with their support and especially the anonymous donor who matched donations up to $60,000!
Big news! We have a distributor who wants to represent our film. It is a company that our production advisors, Peter Rader and Paola di Florio used for their film AWAKE on the life of Yogananda. They did very well with the theatrical release of their film and knowing the scope of our Movement, feel our film can do even better.
The company is Abramorama in New York City and recently represented EIGHT DAYS A WEEK, a film on the Beatles by director Ron Howard. The owners wrote me this after seeing our latest edit: We watched your film and think it’s terrific: consistently smart and interesting. We're certain there’s an audience for it even beyond the core group.
We’re fortunate to have sincere interest from a distributor of the stature of Abramorama as they represent around 20 films a year and put their full energy into each and every one. Through its nationwide outreach, Abramorama will book ACHARYA into theaters, produce marketing materials, leverage publicity in TV, radio, newspapers including social media and much more.
We are planning for a June, 2017 six month release in theaters across the USA and Canada. Then afterwards, an international release in the fall.
In summary, we have a very real opportunity of seeing Srila Prabhupada's life story and glorious achievements come to the forefront of popular culture throughout North America. The effect will be an increased understanding of Srila Prabhupada, his mission and his representatives, and a corresponding increase in temple and festival attendance and book distribution.
To make this happen, we need the support of everyone who will benefit: every initiated devotee, aspiring devotee and congregational member. Let us cooperate together, through the most popular media of film, to glorify Srila Prabhupada in gratitude for his great gifts to us and to the world.
Kindly donate from your heart to help kick-start the marketing and distribution campaign for 2017. For tax deductible donations in the USA, please visit:
http://www.acharyathemovie.com/donate
Those who would like to actively take part in our marketing and distribution campaign can write to: acharya@innervoiceproductions.com.
Thank you very much for your support and encouragement. Jai Srila Prabhupada!
Your servants,
Yadubara das and Visakha dasi
Producers/Directors - Inner Voice Productions
ps. Please contact me if you have any questions.
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