peace&dub,
-Pepe & Team Radio Bandido

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-Pepe & Team RB
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“Documentarian Films on Site of 1994 Murder“  (The Santa Barbara Independent)

“Film Pays Tribute to a Chicano Original: Oscar “Bandido” Gomez” (New America Media)

“‘Radio Bandido’ Faces Financial Setbacks” (El Tecolote)

Dear Backers and Friends,

Greetings from post-Hurricane Irene land.  All is well.  We wanted to tell you about the progress of Radio Bandido.  We are still standing tall and very busy working on Oscar’s story.  On September 16th, a version of the documentary will be shown as part of SVA’s MFA Social Documentary showcase in New York City.  The amount of seats are limited, but please contact us if you are interested in attending.

We are both very fortunate and grateful for the amount of love and support that was shown throughout our campaign. Even though we did not reach our goal, we were able to raise money through the LUCHA Foundation and our blog.  We need to express our deepest appreciation to those who showed their support by writing us a check or following us to PayPal:

• The Gomez Family
• Sandra Navarro
• Margie Berta-Avila
• Emily Claassen
• Mario Torres
• Norma Trujillo & Family
• Judith & Alejandro Segura Mora
• Miguel Capacete
• Sylvia J. Navarro
• Galeria de la Raza – Roots & Re-Visioning
• Teresa Basilio
• Joyce J Lu
• Noah Smith
• Rosario Cervantes
• Yuki Kokubo
• Sam Crawford
• Lizzette Yañez
• Jeffrey Perlstein
• Sam Green
• Rosalee Gonzalez
• Claire Tran

Together we’ve raised over $2,000.  Although this is only about 10% of our initial goal, it feels like a million dollars to know people believe in Radio Bandido and Oscar’s story enough to not let anything get in their way of contributing.  Again, we thank you.

Later on this month we’ll launch our second round of fundraising efforts and definitely will keep you up to date with the latest news.  In the meantime, stay up with us by visiting us here, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube or drop us a note at radiobandido@gmail.com.

Last, a very special Radio Bandido “Q-vo” to Osiris and the YCM crew in Santa Bruta who captured beautiful underwater footage for our film, “¡Gracias mí chavos!“  The Independent in Santa Barbara ran another story about Oscar and El Tecolote in San Francisco wrote an article about the challenges of making Radio Bandido, watcha:

Enjoy your Labor Day and more importantly, have a labor free weekend.

peace&dub,
-Pepe & Team Radio Bandido

Unfortunately, since we did not reach our Kickstarter goal, we received $0 funding. Although we made major strides with Oscar’s story we gathered a post production tab. Our immediate goal is to fulfill those obligations to which your support is still greatly appreciated, and to quote a backer, “Paypal doesn’t take a huge cut from bank transfers like Kickstarter… just saying.” The easiest and immediate way is to CLICK ON OSCAR ABOVE.

SNAIL MAIL
Several folks are interested in bypassing the credit card fee’s and want to cruise in their feria/$ by way of stamp. Cool! Here’s the best way to float us your support. Make your check, money order, cashier’s & traveler’s check out to:

PEPE URQUIJO (and send it to address below)
MFA SOCIAL DOCUMENTARY FILM PROGRAM
School of Visual Arts c/o Pepe Urquijo
136 W. 21st.
1st Floor
New York, NY 10011

SHORT TERM
We are considering gearing up for another round of fundraising and are exploring ways of making it as exciting and successful for everyone involved. We will keep you in la onda and hope you’ll be part of those efforts also.

KICKSTARTER FACTS & LESSONS
We worked hard on this campaign since Day 1. We were joyous to see how many people got behind our campaign. Falling short of our goal did not break our spirits. We received encouraging phone calls, emails, text messages, and postings which continued to ignite our efforts. Here’s why we “keep our heads to the sky”:

•  1,192 members strong and growing on our Facebook Radio Bandido group
•  1,837 Likes
•  1,500 hits on this blog
•  64%, or 100 people were first time backers
•  155 dedicated backers pledged $9,140 and built an awesome community!

We also built a tremendous amount of name recognition and curiosity around Radio Bandido. It was the talk of many conversations. People from outside of our social circles, encouraged us on and supported. Many people gave and anxiously waited for their arrival to the Radio Bandido house party. Rumors had our project short listed for an Oscar™ before it even premiered! Just kidding ! Seriously though,

THANK YOU!

We can’t fathom the idea of this campaign without the support of the following artist’s & gente:

Aztlán Underground
Adelita Serena
“Fast” Eddie Salas
Isaias Rodriguez
Jessica Tully
Jesus Barraza
KPFA
LUCHA Scholarship (Oscar’s Memorial Foundation)
Rosi Reyes
Santero
Sergio Torres
and Sharon Torres.

Continue showing your support for Radio Bandido and be on the lookout for a reloaded Radio Bandido campaign.

peace&dub,
-Pepe Urquijo & Darren de Leon aka Team Radio Bandido

p.s. Listen below to Bob Marley & Bandido together at last. Enjoy & “¡Órale pues!“

Unfortunately, since we did not reach our Kickstarter goal, we received $0 funding. Although we made major strides with Oscar’s story we gathered a post production tab. Our immediate goal is to fulfill those obligations to which your support is still greatly appreciated, and to quote a backer, “Paypal doesn’t take a huge cut from bank transfers like Kickstarter… just saying.” The easiest and most immediate way is to CLICK ON OSCAR ABOVE.

SHORT TERM
We are considering gearing up for another round of fundraising and are exploring ways of making it as exciting and successful for everyone involved. We will keep you in the onda and hope you’ll be part of those efforts also.

KICKSTARTER FACTS & LESSONS
We worked hard on this campaign since Day 1. We were joyous to see how many people got behind our campaign. Falling short of our goal did not break our spirits. We received encouraging phone calls, emails, text messages, and postings which continued to ignite our efforts. Here’s why we “keep our heads to the sky”:

•  1,193 members and growing on the Facebook Radio Bandido group
•  1,837 Likes
•  1,474 hits on this blog
•  64%, or 100 people were first time backers
•  155 dedicated backers pledged $9,140 and built an awesome community!

We also built a tremendous amount of name recognition and curiosity around Radio Bandido. It was the talk of many conversations. People from outside of our social circles, encouraged us on and supported. Many people gave and anxiously waited for their arrival to the Radio Bandido house party. Rumors had our project short listed for an Oscar™ before it even premiered! Just kidding ! Seriously though,

THANK YOU!

We can’t fathom the idea of this campaign without the support of the following artist’s & gente:

Aztlán Underground
Adelita Serena
“Fast” Eddie Salas
Isaias Rodriguez
Jessica Tully
Jesus Barraza
KPFA
LUCHA Scholarship (Oscar’s Memorial Foundation)
Rosi Reyes
Santero
Sergio Torres
and Sharon Torres.

Continue showing your support for Radio Bandido and be on the lookout for a reloaded Radio Bandido campaign.

peace&dub,
-Pepe Urquijo & Darren de Leon aka Team Radio Bandido

p.s. Listen below to Bob Marley & Bandido together at last. Enjoy & “¡Órale pues!“

We have ALL come so far and so close. Pledges are coming in at a rapid pace, but we still need help.

Lets keep up this momentum, we only have 1 hour left!

Beautiful people and spirits surround us. Here’s how we succeed in the final hours:
*  Double down your pledge,
*  Call, texts or email friends that can give

Let’s wake up tomorrow and look in the mirror and say loud and proud, WE DID IT!

Be part of the movement to keep Oscar’s spirit alive and celebrate Radio Bandido as the first Chicano documentary funded through Kickstarter.

peace&dub,
-Pepe & Team Bandido

-Pepe & The RB Team
p.s. I know you’re reading this blog thinking should I or shouldn’t I. You should. Don’t think about it, today’s the day to do it. Help me finish Oscar’s documentary.

For the past 36 days you’ve heard us make you offers you couldn’t refuse, you’ve seen parts of the documentary, you’ve been riding shotgun with us as we cruise down Post Production Blvd of RADIO BANDIDO.  Well, sad to say our fun rides about to be over on Sunday at midnight (EST).  But before we embark on our final stroll this weekend we NEED to pick up mas gente.  But we need firme gente, not the ése’s & ésa’s that simply want to tirar cruise without chipping in for gas and only “Like” or “Share” our project.  The time’s come for YOU to donate.

Let me put the “cruising” motif aside momentarily.

Our film is in serious danger of not being completed if we don’t raise the $22,000 by Sunday. Kickstarter works is in a very Vicente Fernandez way, we either reach “todo” or we get “nada“. Meaning if we only raise $21,000 we get $0.  Can you see why reaching $22,000 is so crucial now?  I hope so.  Unfortunately there is no recalibration and no deadline extension.  It is what it is but the fight is far from over and we have plenty of time to raise the feria.  Did you know over $20,000 was raised overnight and another doc project raised over $215,000 (overall).  It can be done!  Just like finding a Mexican on every block of mexhaTTan.

PLEASE, take a second and watch the Radio Bandido trailer.  If the spirit moves you after viewing it, lets cruise! and support our efforts to finish Oscar’s story.  Can you think of a better way to end your July than becoming a backer to a meaningful and uplifting documentary?  Besides, it’ll look awesome on your social resume this weekend!

respectYanimo,
-Pepe Urquijo & Team Radio Bandido
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I met Oscar during my suit against the university of California system that we won but only after the UC spent $5 million trying to malign me and the Chicano movement. Our narrative was kept alive by students such as Oscar who believed in Chicano studies. They would travel the length of California recording interviews and our side of the narrative. It is now up to this generation to memorialize activists such as Oscar who died tragically and is remembered only by a few. He serves as an inspiration and his story will inspire a generation of students who did not live through his experiences. Tragically as we get away from the 60s and 70s people are forgetting the sacrifices made by idealists such as Oscar who worked for no money recording the struggle of the Mexican people. Oscar’s story is proof that some remember. We must remember.
-Rudy Acuña

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