monero-to-the-oscars.md

layout: cp
title: Help an independent film featuring Monero get to the Oscars™!
author: markofdistinction_
date: January 20, 2023
amount: 154
milestones:
  - name: upon approval
    funds: 77
    done: 25 September 2023
    status: finished
  - name: upon qualifying for Academy Award
    funds: 77
    done: 25 September 2023
    status: finished
payouts:
  - date: 5 November 2023
    amount: 154

Note: This proposal generated significant and thoughtful discussion; potential donors are invited to read it here.

Help an independent film featuring Monero get to the Oscars™!

Who are you?

Hey all, my name is George Nicholas, an “award-winning” filmmaker and Monero enthusiast. You can see my IMDb profile here: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11077440/
I was involved with making "Monero Means Money".

What’s up?

I’ve written and directed an independent, 38-minute live-action film titled MARK OF DISTINCTION. The film is in Spanish and English and was shot in Tijuana, Mexico in July of ‘22 on 16mm Kodak film. It features Monero, but is not focused on it -- it is inspired by real events and tells the story of a 16-year-old boy who gets recruited by the Mexican cartel to smuggle liquid meth across the border. The boy dies tragically at the hands of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, who ask him to drink the liquid to prove that it’s not drugs.

You can see a report and footage of the incident here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KsKtVnrRaM
And some behind-the-scenes photos from our shoot here and here.

Government coercion over the individual is the reason I came to Monero and it is the reason I was driven to tell this story.