Gayby Baby
A$13,619
of $10,500 targetyrs ago
Successful on 12th Mar 2012 at 12:00AM.
***********************THIS CAMPAIGN IS NOW FINISHED***********************
**BUT WE ARE STILL CROWDFUNDING FOR COMPLETION**
CHECK OUT THE NEW CAMPAIGN:
OR VISIT gaybybabythemovie.com
A huge thanks to all of our supporters who have helped us hit (and exceed) our target in only 9 days! We're thrilled and importantly, the kids are delighted. Thank you also to everyone who has promoted the film, sent us encouraging messages, and connected with us on Facebook. It means a lot.
Love and happy Mardi Gras!
And remember, with just under 2 weeks to go there is still time to pledge if you haven't already. All the money raised over the target will be put towards continuing to make the film.
Love and happy Mardi Gras!
Maya and Charlotte
Please support us to tell the untold story of children growing up in same-sex families.
We will spend the money from this crowdfunding campaign on two upcoming shoots:
(1) Three gayby kids will be marching in the Mardi Gras Parade in Sydney on March 3. We’d love to capture this incredible experience.
(2) Another gayby, from Alice Springs, is competing in the Northern Territory swimming championships, also in March.
If we don’t reach our funding target, all your pledges will be cancelled. It’s all or nothing, so we really hope you can support Gayby Baby.
**note 1 AUD = 1.07 USD***
WHY I WANT TO MAKE THIS DOCUMENTARY
Gayby Baby is a documentary that I have felt I need to make for a long time. When I was a kid, there were not that many other children with gay parents. I would have loved to have been able to watch a film and feel that my experiences were shared. So I’ve decided to make that film.
This is a film to create a voice for children in same-sex families and also to encourage a healthier understanding in the public arena surrounding queer families.
We live in a country where same-sex couples are not allowed to marry and conservatives continually say we need a mother and a father. I want to change that because I have loved growing up with two mothers. In my opinion, children need love, security and support and it doesn’t matter if that is given by one parent, two parents or more.
- Maya Newell
ABOUT THE FILM
“I am a gayby (a person with gay parents) and I have a story to tell about kids like me”
- Director Maya Newell
Australia is in the midst of a gayby-boom. Twenty-four
percent of gay and lesbian couples are now raising a child and their queer
spawn are invisibly roaming Australian streets and schools.
In the 70s and 80s, when same-sex marriage and IVF for lesbian mothers was just
a pipe dream, some decided not to wait on progress, but to create it. These
first generation gaybies have grown-up, and together with an increasing number
of gayby children they're a cultural phenomenon we know nothing about. Who are
they? And what is it like to grow up with same-sex parents?
While most kids are grappling with the idea of Man + Woman = Baby, gaybies are
fluent in IVF technologies. They are well versed on how to hide their families,
see a very different side to sexual discrimination, and it is largely
unrecognized that gaybies have to "come out" too. The documentary will explore
what our schools are teaching kids about "family", what exactly is a "father figure" and are they important? And how does a teenager complain about their
parents when they're always trying to prove their family has a right to exist?
At a time when same-sex marriage is being passionately discussed worldwide, this film turns to the kids who live in the middle of the debate and, rather than speculating (as has been done so long by experts, politicians and activists), it asks the kids plain and simple, what is it really like having gay parents?
Gayby Baby will follow the newest generation of gaybies as they speak openly about their woes and passions; what’s great about their family, and what’s not. For some of them, being a gayby doesn’t matter at all, while for others it's at times an uncomfortable reality.
Gayby Baby is a child’s eye view of our newest breed of family.
ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS
Charlotte McLellan (producer) has been producer’s assistant to Penny Chapman, Helen Panckhurst & Helen Bowden (of Matchbox Pictures) on a number of productions including documentary Leaky Boat, Doc-series Sex: An Unnatural History, and TV dramas The Straits, My Place and The Slap. She has made two shorts, which have screened at Flickerfest, Byron Bay Int’l Film Fest, and has been awarded a Kodak Award and an ArtStart screenwriter’s scholarship.
Maya Newell (director) has made a number of short-form documentaries that have been screened at film festivals such as SilverDocs, Slamdance, Sarasota, Adelaide and Perth revelelation. She received an award in 2011 for Best Australian New Talent in Documentary at AIDC in Adelaide.
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Stay in touch with Gayby Baby on Facebook: www.facebook.com/GaybyBaby
and follow us on Twitter: @gaybybaby
Video edited by: Nick Waterman
Music by: Benjamin Speed
A big warm thank you! No amount is too small.
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Est. delivery is Apr 25
Your name will receive a supporters credit on the Gayby Baby website (under construction).
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Est. delivery is Apr 25
You'll get a special thank you from Director Maya Newell, on Twitter or Facebook. Plus your name will receive a supporters credit on the Gayby Baby website.
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Est. delivery is Apr 25
All of the above rewards PLUS a ‘first look’ download of an exclusive short film of the Darwin shoot.
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Est. delivery is Apr 25
All of the above rewards PLUS a limited edition Gayby Baby mug or babies bib (your choice, no judgement).
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All of the above rewards PLUS you can wear your pride with an exclusive Gayby Baby T-shirt.
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Est. delivery is Apr 25
All of the above rewards PLUS you can sleep tight with an exclusive pair of snuggly Gayby Baby pyjamas. You'll also get a thank you phone call from Maya, because we think that much of you!
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All of the above rewards PLUS your name will receive a supporters credit at the end of the film, AND a double pass to the premiere screening of Gayby Baby (NB only available in selected Australian capital cities).
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All of the above rewards PLUS a private screening of the film in your living room for you, your family and friends introduced by Maya and Charlotte (NB first five supporters, Sydney only).
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All of the above rewards PLUS you'll get to walk, run, dance, in the Sydney Mardi Gras 2013 in the Rainbow Babies float with the stars of the film (NB first two supporters, travel not included).
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Est. delivery is Apr 25
All of the above rewards PLUS Maya and Charlotte will come and host your child’s birthday party. Gayby or not, we’ll have lots of fun! If you don’t have a child, we’ll come to your place and cook a delicious dinner for you and your close friends. (NB first two supporters; available Syd, Melb, Bris only).
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All of the above rewards PLUS an Associate Producer credit on the film.
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