Joe Amodei, President of
Virgil Films, today launched a funding campaign on Indiegogo, the world's
largest crowdfunding platform, to complete production of CLARENCE CLEMONS: WHO DO I THINK I AM? The film, which reveals a
little-known side of the legendary saxophonist with Bruce Springsteen's E Street
Band, was a personal dream of the late Clemons - a project that fans can now
help bring to fruition.
The world knew Clarence
Clemons as The Big Man. The Minister of Soul. The Secretary of the Brotherhood.
Musician, singer, songwriter and a lifetime member of the E Street Band, his
powerful sax became a vital part of Bruce Springsteen's signature sound. But
there was also a deeply spiritual side to Clarence that took him to China in
2005. Filmmaker and friend Nick Mead documented what became a spiritual quest
and search for meaning that began on the Great Wall and continued until
Clemons' death in 2011.
"Clarence, who
played alongside Springsteen for 40 years, had something beyond music
that he wanted to share with the world. And he had planned to do it
through this documentary film, which he was working on up until his
death" said Amodei who is also producing the film.
After one of the many highly
successful and energized long tour with Bruce and the E Street
Band, Clarence wanted to go someplace he had never been, to the other
side of the world - China.
CLARENCE CLEMONS: WHO DO I THINK I AM? shows the profound effect of
a trip to northeast China, a place where no one knew who he
was. Clarence explained: "I felt the need to disappear. To lose
myself, in hope of finding myself."
This search
for his true self took him from rural China to the streets of San Francisco.
The film shows us his soulful mission and how it changed him, while it
pays tribute to The Big Man, through recollections with his closest friends and family members.
The film is labor of love
for director and acclaimed photographer Nick Mead, who spent six years
filming with Clarence. Virgil's Joe Amodei came on board as producer after
attending an early screening in New Jersey. It was there that
he promised Clarence and Nick to help them finish and release
the film.
CLARENCE CLEMONS: WHO DO I THINK I AM? features interviews
with President Bill Clinton; current and former E Street Band members Jake
Clemons (Clarence's nephew), Nils Lofgren and Vini Lopez; photographer Danny
Clinch, rock greats Joe Walsh, Willie Nile, Michael Narada Walden, Norman
Selden; and many others, including family and friends who knew Clarence best.
The production team is
looking to fans from across the globe to help them make good on
a promise to complete the film, which was made to Clarence before his
death. Contributions will support funding of post production, additional
filming, music clearances and distribution.
Perks for supporters on
Indiegogo will have early access to see the film prior to its release,
currently anticipated for early October 2017. There are various levels of
perks, depending on amount pledged, including:
- Early film streaming and download
- "Thank you" credit in the film
- Two tickets to the film's premiere and after party in or around Asbury Park, N.J. - birthplace of the E Street Band
- Triptych posters created by director and photographer Nick Mead
Campaign Link: http://igg.me/at/clarenceclemonsfilm
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