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Hello my name is Dion Mackay. I'm fresh out of college and just graduated. Please, I'm asking and looking for sponsors to help support this documentary. I've currently directed one 8min documentary in the link above. I’m raising funds to produce my next documentary, Lane Switch 2: “Turning Pain Into Movement.”
This 45-minute documentary explores something bigger than dance alone. It's a story about physical trauma, long-term pain and emotional recovery. Bringing awareness to people and their capabilities to keep moving forward when life suddenly changes direction.
The film follows artists and dancers whose lives have been affected by major challenges. Including Devaughn Williams from the Bay Area, whose life changed after a serious car accident. While Tristan Fullers story has his own journey through injuries, recovery, dance, and fatherhood. Which connects directly to the original Lane Switch story.
The next chapter will bring Devaughn to Toronto, where he will connect with Toronto's Krump community and take the stage alongside dancers who use movement as a powerful form of expression and resilience.
My goal isn't to claim that dance can simply “cure” pain or trauma. I want to explore what movement can actually mean to people living through these experiences. Sharing that a supportive community, and self-expression can help someone discover a new direction.
Your contribution will help us bring this story to life. Including logistics, production equipment, audio, filming locations, transportation, post-production, editing, music, archival material, festival submissions, and the overall costs of creating and distributing the documentary.
This project is personal to me. Because I believe stories like these can remind people that their hardest chapter in life doesn't have to be their final one.
When life changes your lane, you can still keep moving.
Lane Switch 2: Turning Pain Into Movement.
Help us share our story, and help us keep moving.
How your contribution will help
Donations will help cover the costs of developing and producing Lane Switch 2: "Turning Pain Into Movement"
Including travel from the Bay Area to Toronto, accommodation, camera and sound equipment, production expenses, locations, insurance, post-production, editing, sound design, color grading, music and archival clearances, promotional materials and film festival submissions distribution.
Potential production challenges
Documentary filmmaking comes with uncertainty. Travel delays, scheduling conflicts, bad weather, location availability, equipment failure, unexpected production costs, and changes to the subjects' real-life circumstances could affect the production. Because Lane Switch 2 follows real people, the story may also evolve naturally during filming.
We will manage these risks through careful scheduling, production planning, equipment backups, appropriate releases and permissions, safety practices, and a contingency fund. Our goal is to use every contribution responsibly while adapting to whatever challenges arise during production.
Your support doesn't just help us make a film. It helps us create a platform for conversations about trauma and pain. While encouraging movement, creativity, resilience, and healing.
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