Finishing Funds for "An American Love Story"

With your support over the past few years, we've been documenting the storied relationship of Ron & Clé Thompson. For those of you who don't know: Ron and Clé Thompson were married in 1969, an interracial couple braving the social unrest of the United States just one year after DC's race riots. A few years ago, they celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in a weekend of events and a theater production ("The Daze of Our Lives") telling their story. We documented the multi-day celebration to learn about their unique marriage and their professional and personal challenges in a complex national landscape.

We're happy to announce that the 62-minute film has been accepted into the 2023 River Run International Film Festival, set to screen in mid-April. This, of course, means... a jam-packed few weeks of post-production are ahead of us to get the in-progress film to a place for our audience.

Here's where you come in...

We're aiming to raise 8,000 dollars to:

Not only will we finish the film in time to screen our work-in-progress at River Run International Film Festival, but we'll also be tailoring it to move through the festival circuit, looking for distribution.

For your support:

Fan: $25 donation (by April 3, 2023) a special thanks in the credits of the film

Enthusiast: $70 donation, a signed copy of Clé's most recent CD.

Supporter: $100 donation, Ron and Clé's link to their entire show: Daze of Our Lives

Benefactor: $250 donation, zoom Happy Hour with Ron and Clé

Angel: $500 donation, lunch with Ron and Clé

A Bit About Ron & Clé...

Ron has been a producer on such diverse films as “A Rage In Harlem," “Deep Cover,” “The Cemetery Club,” “Sister Act 2” and “Hoodlum.” He has worked with such stellar talent as Whoopi Goldberg, Laurence Fishburne, Danny Glover, Christina Ricci, Jeff Goldblum and Andy Garcia. He is an award-winning TV and film writer and producer. As founder and Artistic Director of the Oakland Ensemble Theatre he produced and directed over fifty plays, many of which he wrote.

Thompson has always been deeply involved in education, teaching subjects ranging from literature and poetry, urban and ethnic studies to speech, theatre, dance and multicultural philosophy. He has just retired as a professor at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, where he was chair of the Screenwriting Discipline.

Cle is an actor, director, producer, jazz vocalist and educator with extensive experience with theater and film whose credits include the Off-Broadway plays Stompin' at the Savoy and Dunbar. Her film credits include "Funny Valentines" and "The Cemetery Club." She currently teaches for the New York Film Academy in LA for accent reduction.

And the Team...

Stone’s Throw Films develops collaborative stories that connect people, producing media content for documentaries, features, and both corporate and non-profit communications. Stone's Throw is headed by author, filmmaker, and professor Laura Hart McKinny and filmmaker John McKinny.