thank you !
The following people and organizations have helped me in various ways with this project. I truly could not have made this film without them.
David Goad
David has been with me since the beginning of the project. He has become a good friend and partner in this effort to preserve the history of Coalwood. Visit his website here and order his history book about Coalwood and Caretta.
IFP has agreed to provide “Fiscal Sponsorship” for this project. This program allows people and organizations to make tax-deductible contributions to help me finish and distribute the film.
IFP Minnesota
Financial Partners
These people believe in this project enough to have offered financial contributions through IFP. I thank them all for their generosity.
Charlie Myers
Jack Likens
Jim McMillan
Lynn Nordgren
Marian Hehre
Robert Gilley
Jitendrapal Kundan
Christen Jechorek
Carol & Jim DeHaven
Cape Coalwood Restoration Assoc.
Don Sudduth
Susan Reutter
Sandie Cox
Jeanette Mansfield
Katie Neary
Roger Richards
Rebecca Joy Ramgren
Bruce Rakes
Kaye L. Maerz
Natitia Hughes
Wayne Baldwin
Robert “Rusty” Rush
Peggy Soma
Angela Andrist
William Walker
Barbara Batson
Peter Rachleff
If you would like to add your name to this list of very cool people by making a
TAX-DEDUCTIBLE contribution to this project please
Make check payable to:
“IFP Minnesota”
Mail the check to:
Steven Date / Welcome to Coalwood
P.O.Box 19416
Minneapolis, MN 55419
Alan “Cathead” Johnston
Cathead has been wonderful in letting me include his music in the film AND for performing for my Minnesota teacher friends over the past couple of years.
Brad and Julie Blue (Minneapolis GEMS / GISE Programs)
Susan Marks & John Dehn
J.R Hatmaker (author of “The Coalwood Misfits” & the Clear Fork book series)
Jerry has provide MANY photographs as well as old home movies. He has become a good friend and supporter of the project
Homer and Linda Hickam
Click on the link below to see a video clip
of Homer Hickam talking about his latest
novel called Red Helmet. We taped it in
Coalwood, West Virginia.
I have been doing some freelance video work for this great online news source in Minnesota. If you would like to see some other things I’ve done or some of the great writing on MinnPost, please visit their website.
James did the narration of the Coalwood Misfits excerpt found on J.R. Hatmaker’s page.
See “DanTraveling” at work in Coalwood and talking with Charlie Myers of
Dan McCoig (“DanTraveling”)
It was a thrill to meet the famous Dan McCoig in Coalwood at the 2007 October Sky Fest. Dan does a great series of travel videos.
CLICK HERE to go to Dan’s video about Coalwood and the October Sky Festival of 2007.
Achieve! Minneapolis
(A grant in 2007 helped get the project off the ground)
You can also make your TAX-DEDUCTIBLE contribution online using PayPal.
Thank you to the South Charleston Museum Foundation for sponsoring a screening of my film on October 2, 2009.
