Monday, June 23, 2008

Holy Man Helpl

Dear Friends of Holy Man,

We are writing today with many updates and exciting developments about the film and Douglas’ case.

We also writing to ask for your help!

Today is Douglas White’s 87th birthday. It is our hope and prayer that this will be the last birthday he spends in prison and that he will spend many more at home with his people.

We are thrilled to announce that Martin Sheen is narrating our film Holy Man! Mr. Sheen, an award winning actor and political activist, generously donated his time and talent to the project. We recorded Mr. Sheen in February, 2008, at POP Sound Studios in Santa Monica, California. The film is now in the final stages of post-production.

Douglas, like so many other Native Americans, has never had a lawyer other than the court-appointed public defender who represented him at his trial.

That is, until now.

As a result of our work on the film, we were able to discover new evidence of Douglas White’s innocence. We submitted this new evidence to two prominent Native lawyers in South Dakota and both agreed to take on Douglas' case pro bono. While these two prominent lawyers have agreed to represent Douglas pro bono, there are still expenses needed to cover testing, evaluations and court costs and we need your help.

Douglas is now 87 years old and has been diagnosed with a terminal illness and given less than one year to live. Our goal is to file this motion immediately and help him receive the justice he has been denied for 15 years.

Douglas White is an American treasure, one of the last living links to our collective heritage and an irreplaceable resource for both Native and non-indigenous people. His wisdom and knowledge need to be preserved. To lose it now is to lose it forever.

This motion could very well be Douglas' last chance.

So today, on Douglas’ 87th birthday, we are excited to launch The Douglas White Defense Fund fundraising campaign and online petition drive. Our goal is to raise 10,000 dollars and 10,000 signatures. And we need your help!

We hope you will take a few minutes of your time to watch our trailer, sign our online petition and make whatever donation you can. No amount is too small!


To make a donation, please click here:

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=holymanfilm%40mac%2ecom&item_name=Free%20Douglas%20White&no_shipping=0&no_note=1&tax=0¤cy_code=USD&lc=US&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF&charset=UTF%2d8


To sign our online petition, please click here:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/FreeDouglasWhite


To watch our trailer, please click here:


http://www.mixtapemixtape.com.p4.hostingprod.com/hmtrailer.mov


Please feel free to forward this email to any friends and family that you think might want to help.

Don’t forget to visit us online at: www.HolyManFilm.com for more information.

Thank you in advance for your support!


Jennifer Jessum & Simon Joseph
www.HolyManFilm.com
HolyManFilm@mac.com

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