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FREEDOM DEAL, Supernatural Vietnam War-era Historical Cambodian Drama, Now on VOD at REELHOUSE

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' FREEDOM DEAL: The Story of Lucky ',  Camerado's new supernatural historical drama set in Cambodia in 1970 during the US-Vietnam War's 'Cambodia Incursion' - and told, strikingly from an Asian point of view - is now available on home use VOD on REELHOUSE . Watch FREEDOM DEAL Instantly on  REELHOUSE  ! Due to numerous ongoing worldwide requests,   FREEDOM DEAL: The Story of Lucky , the first-ever dramatization of a never before seen intersection of Western-Asian history is now being made available on Home Use VOD (Video on Demand) simultaneous to its ongoing festival and academic/library circulation . While the ideal environment for this striking genre-busting Asian movie remains the theatrical large screen (*see http://www.freedomdealmovie.com / for screening schedules) a superb alternative for folks without access to the movie in a festival environment, or who don't want to wait to see it, is available now on sparkling HD on REELHOUS...

Princess Soma Norodom of Cambodia Encourages Support for the 'Freedom Deal' Movie Project in Her Country

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Cambodian Princess Soma Norodom , working with the 'Freedom Deal' movie production effort in Cambodia as a local PR & Outreach Liaison, makes the following statement:   "With the support of the international media and filmmaking community, the story told in ' Freedom Deal ' , about an unexplored part of US-Cambodian history during the Indochina conflict, can finally be told from a Cambodian perspective." "By training and using local cast and crew, alongside Western and other developed world professionals, Camerado SE Asia also seeks to help revitalize the re-emerging Cambodian film production industry following its destruction during the Khmer Rouge regime. I am honored to be involved with the movie, 'Freedom Deal!'".  ( See Soma's new column at the Phnom Penh Post HERE ) Learn More & Contribute to the 'Freedom Deal' film project in Cambodia @  http://www.indiegogo.com/freedomdeal-shortversion

Easy 100% Tax-Deduction for Supporting US-Asian Feature Co-Production, FREEDOM DEAL

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Download, Print, & Share the One-Page PDF with all details about how you (if you are a US taxpayer) can make a quick and simple 100% TAX DEDUCTIBLE CONTRIBUTION to our Cambodian-based dramatic social issue feature film, 'FREEDOM DEAL'' -  an unprecedented US-Asian co-production taking place during Nixon's 1970 'Cambodian Incursion', a lesser known but critical part of the US-Vietnam and Indochina conflict... ...told from the perspective of the Cambodian people, as never before in cinema history. Download the PDF HERE All US taxpayers will receive a 100% 501 (c) 3 TAX DEDUCTION courtesy of our non-profit fiscal partner, the MEDIA ALLIANCE . All the Best, The FREEDOM DEAL Team ===============>>> SUPPORT GLOBAL & US INDIE CINEMA! Make a TAX-DEDUCTIBLE CONTRIBUTION to our Vietnam War-era feature drama taking place in 1970, CAMBODIA: FREEDOM DEAL The Story of Samnang (‘Lucky’) http://www.freedomdealmovie.com A historical-bas...

Cambodia's first ever crowd-funded feature, FREEDOM DEAL, needs your support!

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 http://igg.me/p/101764?a=207478   IndieGogo,  or    http://media-alliance.stores.yahoo.net/intomac6hrme.html     TAX DEDUCTIBLE (non-crowd funding link) through US fiscal sponsor, Media Alliance FREEDOM DEAL ,  a Supernatural Feature Drama set in Cambodia During Nixon's 1970 Cambodia Incursion, as the Vietnam War expands across the border in search of NVA and Viet-Cong sanctuaries...Leading to US Protests and the Killing of 4 Students at Kent State University C rowd funded, cast, crewed, and (to be) shot in Cambodia, with principal US indie producer working in Cambodia full time / European co-producers and advisors around the world assisting as well with this incredible and unique effort - including music and US period story advisor, Bob Lewis, DEVO co-founder! A new feature by Camerado SE Asia More info @ http://www.freedomdealmovie.com  

DEVO Founder Robert Lewis Advises FREEDOM DEAL, 1970’s Vietnam War-era Feature Shooting in Cambodia

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  Legendary  DEVO  Rock Band Co-Founder Robert Lewis Advises Music and US Story Elements for 1970’s Cambodian Indie Vietnam War-era Feature Film ' FREEDOM DEAL ' Launching Pioneering International Crowd Funding Campaign Cambodian Vietnam War-era Feature Film 'FREEDOM DEAL' Counters Lack of Local Production Financing and Infrastructure With International Online ‘Crowd Funding’ Campaign, the First of its Kind for a Cambodia-Based Feature Film.  May 14, Phnom Penh Cambodia A group of Khmer and Foreign filmmakers and artists, including a Cambodian Princess, US alt-rock legend Bob Lewis of the band DEVO, an award-winning US writer-director, and Golden Age 1960's Cambodian filmmaker Yvon Hem all have one thing in common. They're working to get Cambodia's first homegrown crowd funded indie feature, 'Freedom Deal' off the ground, in a developing nation where film funding is virtually non-existent and crowd funding - common in the West and other d...

Support the re-birth of cinema in a developing country: CAMBOFEST, Cambodia!

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Support Cambodia's Indie Film Festival, CAMBOFEST! Contribute to the rebirth of cinema culture in Asia: Support CAMBOFEST, Cambodia CAMBOFEST: Film and Video Festival of Cambodia ( http://www.cambofest.com ) enters its 4th edition on March 1-9, 2011! "CamboFest brings the magic of movies to the land of Angkor" -Julie and Roger Corman His Majesty the King-Father asked me to thank you on His behalf. He read with great interest your report about your activities in reviving the cinema industry in Cambodia."   - From the cabinet of H.M. The King-Father Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia CamboFest is Cambodia's first international movie event since the end of the Khmer Rouge era. Launched in 2550 (2007) by longtime Cambodia-based media producer and filmmaker Jason Rosette , and now entering its 4th year, CamboFest, Cambodia set out  to launch a functional entertainment and edutainment-oriented film festival platform in a country which cont...

CAMBOFEST, Cambodia uncovers another vintage pre-Khmer rouge cinema house

CAMBOFEST, Cambodia uncovers another vintage pre-Khmer rouge cinema house Here for the first time, CAMBOFEST, Cambodia ( www.cambofest.com ) staff present on mobile phone video one of the four original cinemas in Kampot, Cambodia. =>  Only three of the four original pre-Khmer Rouge era cinema houses remain in Kampot: the 'Maraka', the 'Royal' (re-discovered and brought back to life for the 2009 edition of CamboFest) ...and this one, formerly known as the __________________, to be unveiled for use as a possible venue at the 4.0 edition of CAMBOFEST: film and Video Festival of Cambodia. Despite a grass-roots budget and largely volunteer staff, CamboFest surprised UNESCO and others in the Cambodian context by re-discovering and bringing back to life the vintage 'Royal' cinema for its 2009 edition (as seen in our blog at => cambofest.blogspot.com ) Founded by media producer and filmmaker Jason Rosette in 2553 (2007), CamboFest is the longest ru...

Cambodian filmmaker Yvon Hem receives his Grabay Meas ('Golden Waterbuffalo') trophy from CAMBOFEST, Cambodia

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A photo with late, great Cambodian  ‪#‎ filmmaker‬  Yvon Hem, who we awarded the Grabay Meas 'Golden Buffalo' trophy for his  ‪#‎ movie‬  'Shadow of Darkness' at the CamboFest, Cambodia Film Festival . He was also an advisor for our ongoing movie project, 'Freedom Deal' . Despite his monumental life's work, Mr. Yvon Hem had at the time not yet been awarded any kind of official recognition...so it was our honor and pleasure to provide him with this award trophy!