The Stars in Their Eyes is seeking finishing funds in order to complete the film later this year. The goal is $50,000.
We received an initial grant of $100,000 from the Hobby Family Foundation and have raised a total of $418,000 to date, a modest figure for 15 location shoots over two years for a 90-minute feature documentary. The final $50,000 is to cover post-production costs that include editing, music composition, additional astrophotography, pickup filming, sound mixing, and more.
The 90-minute feature documentary will be completed in 2025. After a festival run, it will be offered to PBS for a national broadcast, targeting PBS’s science series NOVA. Every single one of Paul Stekler’s previous films over forty years has been broadcast nationally on PBS.
After broadcast, the film will be given to the McDonald Observatory for use at their visitor center and online for their website and for the visitor center’s fund-raising.
For direct deposit info, please reach out to mail@cnam.com or louis@cnam.com for information.
All contributions to this project are tax deductible through the film’s fiscal sponsor The Center for New American Media, a 501C-3 non-profit sponsor of The Stars in Their Eyes (IRS #72-0860902)
Film dedicated to the memory of the couple who helped start this film, Ann and David Chappell.
Gifts to THE STARS IN THEIR EYES can be sent, by checks made out to the Center for New American Media and sent to:
Center for New American Media
59 Prospect Place, Ground Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11217-2281
Attention: McDonald Project
Louis Alvarez and Andy Kolker (718-789-2029) can provide any other details for sending the donation
Other Ways to Donate
Venmo - louis@cnam.com
Zelle Bank Transfers - mail@cnam.com