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Dear Lena,

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SamMcChesney
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Hello NS! So I made this thread to tell you all about a cool project that me and my mom are working on and would love some help.

Here's the story:

So basically 36 years ago (when my mom was 12) she wrote away to an international pen pal organization an they paired her up with a girl named Lena who lives in Sweden and they still write to this day. But the catch is that they have never met each-other in person, even though they know everything about each-other.

So what me and my mom want to do is make a 20-30 minute long documentary about this story and we will go to Sweden in June and they will meet for the first time.

We set up a kickstarter to help fund the equipment I need to make the film and here's the link to the page. It's been up for a day and were already up to almost 2 grand!

I made the promo-video also.

Thanks for checking it out and if your feeling generous and like the idea, a few bucks would be greatly appreciated!


Oct 17 2012 7:37PM
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SamMcChesney
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sorry, here's the link,


http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1132654167/dear-lena
Oct 17 2012 7:37PM
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snwbrdmilf
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That's a fantastic story. Or it will be once we get to actually hear/see the whole thing. And what a great way to spend quality time with your mom, to help her with this project.

I remember having a pen pal in grade school. And once again in early high school. It surely did not last 36 years. That's impressive.
Oct 17 2012 7:43PM
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Spinoza
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holy smokes
Oct 17 2012 7:44PM
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SamMcChesney
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Thanks! yea I am excited to work on this project with my mom and I really like the story.
Oct 17 2012 7:46PM
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Jane6
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this is so awesome!
Hope you'll make it out here, this is such a cool story
Oct 17 2012 7:54PM
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corona
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your mum must have been smokin when she was in her 20's
Oct 17 2012 7:57PM
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Lucas
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Woaaah
Oct 17 2012 7:59PM
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SamMcChesney
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okay......??
Oct 17 2012 9:08PM
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Gknow
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great story, hope to see what you come up with. I hope the kickstarter campaign pays off well too ;)


btw, you know that there's like 2 1/2 mins of black at the end of your video?

also, backed you
Oct 17 2012 9:20PM
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Forcillo
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"The films I've made so far have been shorter, action sports documentaries". So you've made ski edits. Nicely worded hahaha. Good luck with your project!
Oct 17 2012 10:26PM
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SamMcChesney
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false actually, I am in a film class at my school and have made multiple films and won an award at a film festival for a documentary me and my friend made about his sheep farm.
Oct 18 2012 7:07AM
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SamMcChesney
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ya it got screwed up when we uploaded to kickstarter. And thanks!!
Oct 18 2012 7:08AM
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Alexander_Keith
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I hope Lena turns out being a Swedish smokeshow
Oct 18 2012 10:59AM
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Treestman
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your mom is a smokin mountain lady
Oct 18 2012 12:04PM
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Forcillo
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So did you get backed?
Feb 23 2013 6:39PM
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Phil-X-
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woah dont know how I missed this, thats crazy man! I was gonna say it sounds like some bullshit way to get a freetrip then I saw that theyve been exchanging for 30+ years, damn!
Feb 23 2013 7:04PM
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