Rebuffed by public TV, 'Citizen Koch' filmmakers turn to Kickstarter : Ct

Rebuffed by public TV, 'Citizen Koch' filmmakers turn to Kickstarter : Ct

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But shortly after the Wisconsin festival, filmmakers Carl Deal and Tia Lessin learned that Independent Television Service (ITVS), an arm of PBS that funds and distributes independent films, decided not to pay $150,000 to fund the film.

ITVS officials have said that money was never a guarantee, but a New Yorker article supports the filmmakers’ belief that the organization feared angering David Koch, who had already pulled his support for WNET, New York’s public television station, following the airing of a different, unflattering documentary.
““Just as powerful campaign spenders expect something in return from the politicians they support, so, too, do public television’s high-dollar donors,” Lessin said. “It’s ironic that our film about the undue influence of money in politics was subject to undue influence of money in public broadcasting.”

Instead, Lessin and Deal are hoping to raise $75,000 from small donors through Kickstarter, which will be used to pay for post-production costs to get the film ready for distribution, including music and archival footage licensing rights and editing costs.

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