Extra Innings Feature Film
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Hi Family, Friends and Supporters,
As many of you know, the road to making "Extra Innings" has been a long and difficult journey. A coming-of-age feature film over 20 years in the making, Extra Innings has been a labor of love very close to my heart. Having lost two older siblings to mental illness, I felt it important to make their struggles heard in order to relay a message of hope to all those affected by similar tribulations. In the past months we are excited to have partnered with Breaking Glass Pictures to distribute the film, and they will help us alter our initial plans for a theatrical release to adapt to the COVID-19 situation. Our new plan is to release the film digitally on September 22, 2020, though we have not determined which platform it will be on. In these difficult and uncertain times this story of hope and resilience is more important than ever to be shared with as many people as possible. To get us to this September 22 date, however, we need a last bit of help from you.
Funds will be used for:
Music:
The music of Extra Innings will be key to developing the world the characters inhabit. Whether it Classical Music or 60s pop, this GoFundMe will help enable the licensing required to create the musical backdrop of Extra Innings.
MLB Footage:
In addition to music, we use several MLB World Series shots from 1960 and 1964 which will require additional funding to license.
With your help for these final two pieces, we can make this dream a reality and release this film to the wide audience it deserves. I have received incredibly positive feedback from those who have seen it already and am encouraged by the film's partnership with SAVE.
SAVE
Extra Innings is partnered with SAVE (Suicide Awareness Voices of Education), the leading suicide prevention organization dedicated to public awareness, education and survivor support. Dan Reidenberg, the Executive Director of SAVE, has been involved with Extra Innings since the beginning. He has been called "an agent of change" by the Obama administration. SAVE's message of hope and awareness resonates deeply with Extra Innings and I am very proud to have their support behind my film. While I aspire for the film to help spread mental health awareness, I also want to support organizations like SAVE that do amazing work helping individuals who are most deeply and directly impacted on a day to day basis.
Our Mission:
One of the most difficult things to deal with when contemplating suicide is the numbing loneliness. Feeling like no one cares and it will never get better is a soul crushing experience. My goal in sharing this film is to give audiences a real understanding of how suicide affects everyone and that truly, no one is alone. More importantly though, is the message of hope. In these devastating and uncertain times, we need these stories of hope and resilience more than ever and I am hopeful that this film will have a particularly strong impact in this unprecedented time. Things can get better simply by acknowledging someone's pain. Suicide is a universal problem, but by connecting individual's experiences, we can create a global network of support and understanding. I am fighting to lessen the stigma of mental illness which can often prevent people from giving or seeking help, and through eliminating this stigma, save lives.
My hope for this film is for as many people to see it as possible and in viewing, gain insight into the complexities and hardships of mental illness and suicide. When you lose a loved one to suicide, it stays with you forever, and I hope this film resonates with all that view it, and allow them to learn about the problems of mental illness and suicide that have not often been portrayed on screen.
CRITICAL ACCLAIM:
Won "Best Feature Film" at the 2019 Manhattan Film Festival and at the 2019 Jersey Shore Film Festival, as well "Best Actor" and "Best Supporting Actress."
Quotes from an interview with Albert Dabah and Peter Travers of Rolling Stone Magazine:
Peter Travers became the film critic for Rolling Stone in 1989, and has remained a reviewer there ever since. He's currently the host of “Popcorn with Peter Travers,” an ABC News bi-weekly entertainment program, where he interviews actors and directors from film, television and Broadway about their latest projects and their lives. He is a member of the national society of film critics and a former chair of the New York film critics circle.
“You’ve given us a movie not only to think about, but to feel about. And in this world that I spend my life watching movies where they don’t do that, where it’s basically just escapism, you’ve given us a movie that matters.”
“It’s an extraordinary movie, as we all feel when we watch it.”
“The interesting thing about this Albert, is that you choose to play your own father and you play him as somebody who is strict, but always loving. He seems to have this, no matter how many arguments he’s having with his son or daughter, that he’s for them 100 percent. The disowning line always seems to me: ‘I love you so much I’m gonna do this thing to you, I’m not gonna talk to you because I don’t want you to do this thing,’ and it comes from a place of love.”
“I really, really loved the scenes in this movie around the dinner table. There’s so much of a dynamic happening there. Where people are all talking, but sometimes to themselves and not to [the] others.”
“You can’t really see this movie and be somebody who has no passionate response to it. That’s the great thing about it, I see a lot of movies where they are Hollywood formula and the movie’s over and you say to your friends or your wife or husband: ‘where do we go to eat?’ Here, you want to talk about this.”
“That’s what this movie does: People can’t see it without wanting to talk to somebody about it afterwards, you want to deal with those feelings and yet, there’s something hopeful about Extra Innings, that’s why I love the title.”
Other Testimonials:
“A profound, beautiful, and moving true-life coming-of-age story that tugs at the heartstrings and is universally timeless. It left a lasting impression on our film lovers at its premiere, so much so that people were still talking about it weeks after the festival. This is a movie worth any movie lover's time and money.”
-Miami Beach Jewish Film Festival
“A touching story about complicated family dynamics that are real for most families but are never talked about.”
-Dr. Dan Reidenberg, Executive Director at Suicide Awareness Voices of Education
"I am absolutely speechless. Thank you for this gift...poignant work of art."
-Tina Lee (Community Education and Outreach Manager) from NAMI NYS
"Issues addressed in your film are critical, [...] a beautiful and meaningful film"
-American Jewish World Service
“It’s a moving coming of age story. Old ways vs. new ways-- so many universal themes and conflicts. Heart-wrenching.”
-Sandra Wilcoxon, Chief Executive Officer of Recovery International
"The movie does an amazing job of telling the story of mental illness from the perspective of those helpless to understand or help those afflicted, but whom are loved dearly. For anyone who has ever lived or loved someone with mental illness, this will surely draw parallels, and for those who haven't, it certainly pulls back the curtain and allows a peek into the confusing and trying world of being in such a situation. And for Albert Dabah, who plays his own father intensely, this movie serves as a heartbreaking love letter to his dear siblings who will forever be in his thoughts, even after decades have passed."
- Tawny Farber (Online Critic), Set the Tape
Thank you to all of you who have supported me on this journey.
"Life goes on past the bottom of the ninth inning." - Albert Dabah
ANY AMOUNT COUNTS!!!
Best,
Albert Dabah
Other Ways You Can Help
We're an independent film, we understand if money is tight but there are other ways you can help us out! Here's how:
Share this campaign on your social media pages and with your friends!
Follow us on social media to see what we're up to!
https://www.facebook.com/ExtraInningsMovie
https://twitter.com/ExtraInningsMov
https://www.instagram.com/extrainningsmov/?hl=en
http://www.extrainningsmovie.com/
Hi Family, Friends and Supporters,
As many of you know, the road to making "Extra Innings" has been a long and difficult journey. A coming-of-age feature film over 20 years in the making, Extra Innings has been a labor of love very close to my heart. Having lost two older siblings to mental illness, I felt it important to make their struggles heard in order to relay a message of hope to all those affected by similar tribulations. In the past months we are excited to have partnered with Breaking Glass Pictures to distribute the film, and they will help us alter our initial plans for a theatrical release to adapt to the COVID-19 situation. Our new plan is to release the film digitally on September 22, 2020, though we have not determined which platform it will be on. In these difficult and uncertain times this story of hope and resilience is more important than ever to be shared with as many people as possible. To get us to this September 22 date, however, we need a last bit of help from you.
Funds will be used for:
Music:
The music of Extra Innings will be key to developing the world the characters inhabit. Whether it Classical Music or 60s pop, this GoFundMe will help enable the licensing required to create the musical backdrop of Extra Innings.
MLB Footage:
In addition to music, we use several MLB World Series shots from 1960 and 1964 which will require additional funding to license.
With your help for these final two pieces, we can make this dream a reality and release this film to the wide audience it deserves. I have received incredibly positive feedback from those who have seen it already and am encouraged by the film's partnership with SAVE.
SAVE
Extra Innings is partnered with SAVE (Suicide Awareness Voices of Education), the leading suicide prevention organization dedicated to public awareness, education and survivor support. Dan Reidenberg, the Executive Director of SAVE, has been involved with Extra Innings since the beginning. He has been called "an agent of change" by the Obama administration. SAVE's message of hope and awareness resonates deeply with Extra Innings and I am very proud to have their support behind my film. While I aspire for the film to help spread mental health awareness, I also want to support organizations like SAVE that do amazing work helping individuals who are most deeply and directly impacted on a day to day basis.
Our Mission:
One of the most difficult things to deal with when contemplating suicide is the numbing loneliness. Feeling like no one cares and it will never get better is a soul crushing experience. My goal in sharing this film is to give audiences a real understanding of how suicide affects everyone and that truly, no one is alone. More importantly though, is the message of hope. In these devastating and uncertain times, we need these stories of hope and resilience more than ever and I am hopeful that this film will have a particularly strong impact in this unprecedented time. Things can get better simply by acknowledging someone's pain. Suicide is a universal problem, but by connecting individual's experiences, we can create a global network of support and understanding. I am fighting to lessen the stigma of mental illness which can often prevent people from giving or seeking help, and through eliminating this stigma, save lives.
My hope for this film is for as many people to see it as possible and in viewing, gain insight into the complexities and hardships of mental illness and suicide. When you lose a loved one to suicide, it stays with you forever, and I hope this film resonates with all that view it, and allow them to learn about the problems of mental illness and suicide that have not often been portrayed on screen.
CRITICAL ACCLAIM:
Won "Best Feature Film" at the 2019 Manhattan Film Festival and at the 2019 Jersey Shore Film Festival, as well "Best Actor" and "Best Supporting Actress."
Quotes from an interview with Albert Dabah and Peter Travers of Rolling Stone Magazine:
Peter Travers became the film critic for Rolling Stone in 1989, and has remained a reviewer there ever since. He's currently the host of “Popcorn with Peter Travers,” an ABC News bi-weekly entertainment program, where he interviews actors and directors from film, television and Broadway about their latest projects and their lives. He is a member of the national society of film critics and a former chair of the New York film critics circle.
“You’ve given us a movie not only to think about, but to feel about. And in this world that I spend my life watching movies where they don’t do that, where it’s basically just escapism, you’ve given us a movie that matters.”
“It’s an extraordinary movie, as we all feel when we watch it.”
“The interesting thing about this Albert, is that you choose to play your own father and you play him as somebody who is strict, but always loving. He seems to have this, no matter how many arguments he’s having with his son or daughter, that he’s for them 100 percent. The disowning line always seems to me: ‘I love you so much I’m gonna do this thing to you, I’m not gonna talk to you because I don’t want you to do this thing,’ and it comes from a place of love.”
“I really, really loved the scenes in this movie around the dinner table. There’s so much of a dynamic happening there. Where people are all talking, but sometimes to themselves and not to [the] others.”
“You can’t really see this movie and be somebody who has no passionate response to it. That’s the great thing about it, I see a lot of movies where they are Hollywood formula and the movie’s over and you say to your friends or your wife or husband: ‘where do we go to eat?’ Here, you want to talk about this.”
“That’s what this movie does: People can’t see it without wanting to talk to somebody about it afterwards, you want to deal with those feelings and yet, there’s something hopeful about Extra Innings, that’s why I love the title.”
Other Testimonials:
“A profound, beautiful, and moving true-life coming-of-age story that tugs at the heartstrings and is universally timeless. It left a lasting impression on our film lovers at its premiere, so much so that people were still talking about it weeks after the festival. This is a movie worth any movie lover's time and money.”
-Miami Beach Jewish Film Festival
“A touching story about complicated family dynamics that are real for most families but are never talked about.”
-Dr. Dan Reidenberg, Executive Director at Suicide Awareness Voices of Education
"I am absolutely speechless. Thank you for this gift...poignant work of art."
-Tina Lee (Community Education and Outreach Manager) from NAMI NYS
"Issues addressed in your film are critical, [...] a beautiful and meaningful film"
-American Jewish World Service
“It’s a moving coming of age story. Old ways vs. new ways-- so many universal themes and conflicts. Heart-wrenching.”
-Sandra Wilcoxon, Chief Executive Officer of Recovery International
"The movie does an amazing job of telling the story of mental illness from the perspective of those helpless to understand or help those afflicted, but whom are loved dearly. For anyone who has ever lived or loved someone with mental illness, this will surely draw parallels, and for those who haven't, it certainly pulls back the curtain and allows a peek into the confusing and trying world of being in such a situation. And for Albert Dabah, who plays his own father intensely, this movie serves as a heartbreaking love letter to his dear siblings who will forever be in his thoughts, even after decades have passed."
- Tawny Farber (Online Critic), Set the Tape
Thank you to all of you who have supported me on this journey.
"Life goes on past the bottom of the ninth inning." - Albert Dabah
ANY AMOUNT COUNTS!!!
Best,
Albert Dabah
Other Ways You Can Help
We're an independent film, we understand if money is tight but there are other ways you can help us out! Here's how:
Share this campaign on your social media pages and with your friends!
Follow us on social media to see what we're up to!
https://www.facebook.com/ExtraInningsMovie
https://twitter.com/ExtraInningsMov
https://www.instagram.com/extrainningsmov/?hl=en
http://www.extrainningsmovie.com/
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Albert Dabah
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