CIRCUS ECUADOR | ECUADOR
Official 2018 Slamdance Film Festival Selection
Directed, produced, shot, and edited the feature-length documentary film, Circus Ecuador.
Edited 80 hours of footage into 2 hour and 15 minutes, creating a simple and easy-to-follow story out of an exceedingly complex social issue.
Successfully led the crowd-funding campaign efforts—which included creating and disseminating promotional videos through social media, and maintaining relationships with investors—in which $5,000 was donated to the project.
Synopsis - Elizabeth Gray, founder of the Wishi Project, and her film crew, travel to the Amazon rain forest of Ecuador to build a primary school for the children of an indigenous Shuar community. The project gets off to a difficult start and Greg Sheldon, founder of her sponsoring organization, is called in. Elizabeth, appearing over her head, relinquishes control of the project to Greg and the team finds themselves in the midst of murders, land right issues, possible black market gold sales, ancient alien artifacts, head hunters, mad scientists, and threats of human trafficking. This film tells the story of a school building project gone wrong as seen through the eyes of two, young filmmakers.
Circus Ecuador Trailer
