Seeking Funding For Epilepsy Documentary | Are There Scholarships?

by Sam Inglese
(Boulder, Co. USA)

Hello and Happy New Year. I am 49-yrs. old and have Epilepsy. My condition began and grew starting at age 18. While the seizures were only every 1 or 2 months I produced and directed a documentary on Chicago's Bike messengers while I was also a messenger. It aired on regional PBS stations and was purchased by corporations for their employees out in the middle of the Atlantic to view.

My attacks are now monthly and up to 10 in a day forcing me to live on Disability just for the health insurance because post trauma has cost as much as $50,000. Last year one seizure fractured the right side of my skull destroying my sense of smell and creating Tinitus and partial loss of hearing in my right ear. A few years back, a series of attacks placed me into a coma for 3 days. When I awoke, I no longer had my job as the Director of Food and Beverage at a Hilton Hotel.

My epileptic partner and I are struggling to find the funds to produce a work about the 250,000,000 people with seizures in public and have little to live on monthly.

What is the possibility of a scholarship?

Sincerely,
Sam Inglese
(847)361-4786

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Jan 09, 2015
how to find funding NEW
by: Desktop Documentaries (Faith)

Hi Sam,

We see that you have already purchased the 7-Day Documentary Crash Course on Sept 20, 2014. (??)

Although we don't give away our premium products for free, I think you have a compelling story that would be attractive to funders in the epilepsy field. Have you tried researching for grants at The Foundation Center?

http://foundationcenter.org


Jan 09, 2015
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by: Sam Inglese

Hi.
I am hoping that you would give me the 7 day crash course; Learn How To Make A Documentary for free.


Sincerely,
Sam Inglese

Jan 08, 2015
documentary funding
by: Desktop Documentaries (Faith)

Hi Sam,

Thanks for your question. Can you clarify what you mean by "scholarship"? Do you mean from Desktop Documentaries or documentary film grants in general?

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