A Virtual Film Fundraising Event Supporting Affordable Housing and Economic Development Community Development Corporation of South Berkshire Presents:
Friday, October 8, 2021, 7:00 pm on Zoom Citizen Jane: BATTLE FOR THE CITY Through a 2021 Lens
Virtual Film Screening and Live Online Q&A
Special Guests: Matt Tyrnauer Producer/Director Bob Eisenhardt Film Editor
For Tickets and Sponsorship information: www.cdcsb.org/2021filmfundraiser
With the help of the film’s masterfulProducer/ Director, Matt Tyrnauer and talented film Editor, Bob Eisenhardt, we will revisit this extraordinary documentary film featuring the groundbreaking work in Citizen Jane: A Battle for the City featuring the work of Jane Jacobs. Special Guests: Live Online Q&A
Community Development Corporation of South Berkshire
Matt Tyrnauer is an award-winning writer, journalist, and director whose films includeValentino: The Last Emperor, which was short-listed for an Academy Award for best documentary feature; Where’s My Roy Cohn?, about the Svengali behind Joseph McCarthy and Donald Trump; Studio 54, about the famed New York City nightclub that became a cultural phenomenon; Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood, about the secret history of sex in Hollywood in the pre-Stonewall era; and Citizen Jane: Battle for the City. His latest projects include The Reagans, a four-part documentary series for Showtime that re-examines Reagans’ America and the impact of their politics, policies and bliefs on our society today, and the documentary series Home, for Apple. Tyrnauer’s upcoming projects include multi-part documentary series The Rise and Fall of Victoria’s Secret, the dramatic adaptation of his Vanity Fair article Once Upon a Time in Beverly Hills, and the dramatic adaptation of Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood with Fox Searchlight, written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg and directed by Luca Guadagnino. As a journalist, Tyrnauer has written for Vanity Fair, where he was editor-at-large and special correspondent. His work has also appeared in other publications including GQ, The New York Times, Architectural Digest, L’Uomo Vogue, and Numero.
Bob Eisenhardt is a filmmaker renowned for editing documentaries. He is an Oscar nominee, a four-time Emmy winner, and a two-time winner of the Eddie award from the honorary society of American Cinema Editors. He has over sixty films to his credit. His film,Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph, was an Academy Award nominee for Best Short Documentary. Bob edited Free Solo, the 2019 Oscar and BAFTA award winner, for which he received the ACE Eddie for Best Editing – Documentary. Other recent films include: Scotty and The Secret History of Hollywood, Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan, shown at the 2016 New York Film Festival, and HBO’s Everything is Copy: Nora Ephron, Scripted and Unscripted, shown at the 2015 New York Film Festival, a Primetime Emmy nominee, and winner of ACE Eddie for Best Editing – TV Documentary.
Other films includeWagner’s Dream, which received an Emmy nomination for editing, Meru, Sundance Film Festival audience award winner, Valentino: The Last Emperor, Dixie Chicks: Shut Up & Sing, Living Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders, and Concert of Wills: Making of the Getty Center. When not in the edit room, Bob teaches at the School of Visual Arts MFA Program and the thesis master class at the New York Film Academy.
Sponsor Contact: Allison Marchese Community Development Corporation of South Berkshire 40 Railroad Street • Suite 8 • PO Box 733 [email protected] Great Barrington, MA 01230 518-775-6061 www.cdcsb.org Sponsorship
Community Development Corporation of South Berkshire
The mission of the Community Development Corporation of South Berkshire is to provide homes that are affordable and to help economies grow in the communities that we serve.
Please become a sponsor of this special event. Help us create affordable homes and serve those in need. The Community Development Corporation of South Berkshire has hosted four previous film fundraisers. Each has attracted significant support, community attendance, and media coverage.
Lead Major Community Supporter Friend Sponsorship $10,000 $1,000 $500 $250 $100
Naming Opportunity X Year-long Acknowledgments X Large Logo on invitation, screen, website X Medium Logo on invitation, screen, website X
Small Logo on invitation, screen, website X
Inclusion in all promotional materials, press release, X X X X X social media Event acknowledgement during live, online Q&A X X X X X
Comp tickets 10 6 4 2 0 *Donor Tax Credits X X X Custom Benefits X
* In-Kind Opportunities Many of our sponsors are able to provide us with great products and services in exchange for sponsorship recognition! If you are interested in donating an in-kind gift, please contact: [email protected] Some in-kind items received in the past include: Gift cards or gift certificates, movie tickets or live entertainment tickets, complimentary services like tent rentals, and specialty foods.
* Lead and Major Sponsors receive Massachusetts State Tax Credit – Sponsor receives 50% of the donation back as a credit toward Massachusetts State tax liability. If there is no tax liability, the sponsor receives a refund for 50% of the donation back from the state. Donations also qualify for a charitable gift deduction.
Sponsor Contact: Allison Marchese Community Development Corporation of South Berkshire 40 Railroad Street • Suite 8 • PO Box 733 [email protected] Great Barrington, MA 01230 518-775-6061 www.cdcsb.org