Hey all! My friend has been shooting and working on a great documentary about Rob Ford and has landed amazing interviews with Robyn Doolittle, Michael Donovan, John Cook, and many many more. He's had Rob Ford promise that he'd do a sit-down interview with him, but Rob being Rob, he's hard to get a hold of.
So my friend decided to do a funding campaign - if he can collect $10,000 in donations, 100% of the money will be donated to the Toronto Humane Society, should he be able to hook Rob Ford into doing the interview, since it would be for supporting a good cause (and as we all know, Rob likes to toot his horn so often about how he likes to give back). If he doesn't reach $10,000 or Rob doesn't agree to do the interview, all the money is refunded.
And also, Rob Ford knows who this filmmaker is and has promised many times he'd do it - Doug as well, so a little extra nudge like this may just do it.
So he's setup a page here - I highly recommend checking it out -
http://www.gofundme.com/9opsyw
I can't tell you some of the stories that he's told me, but I can tell you that he's encountered some really interesting scenarios with the players in the Ford saga, not just from the press, not just from city hall, but also from other "organized" areas, if you catch my drift.
And he's not just some guy who thought he could make a doc / exploit Rob's fame...he's an accomplished, award winning and well renown filmmaker and won't make any money off of this funding campaign as it's all going to charity.