To the skeptic(s), and anyone else following this thread...
Quite simply, our feelings aren't as cut and dry as "love" and "hate." The filmmakers themselves have mixed feelings about their experiences at RMA. This is only natural, as anyone who attended will most certainly agree. We, the members of this team, all do acknowledge that CEDU benefitted our lives in one way or another. In fact, certain members are graduates, while others were still in the earlier phases of the school when they left.
I have stated on several occasions now, that I believe it is not only fair, but absolutely necessary to be truly objective in our portrayal of CEDU in this film. I, myself, am not a fan of the styles of certain other documentarians who make it painfully obvious where they stand on the issues they are covering. I feel that the true mission of a good documentary is to educate not to propogate.
Quite simply, our passions in life are music and filmmaking. These passions are what allowed us to develop such meaningful friendships at RMA in such varying stages of the school and to have maintained them several years later. They have allowed us to put aside our diffences of opinion, and compromise in order to present a powerful, moving and meaninful film. This film has been in various stages of development since we attended RMA in 1999, and has been in production since May of 2004. We have been successful beyond our wildest dreams thus far, and dont feel the need to validate ourselves to annonymous conspiracy theorists on internet message boards. Our add on this site has been posted as a golden opportunity to you all, and we suggest that you begin to view it as such.
As for your statements about distribution and profit -- We have made tremendous personal financial sacrifices to produce this film, and obviously intend to have it "go somewhere." At the present time we have no "buyers" or major studio funding. You have obviously misunderstood my words... I most definately intend to screen it for public audiences. Whether or not this will ulitimately lead to profit margins is a whole other point of uncertainty.
I think your quest for public awareness is a valid one, and suggest that you might attain some more crediblity by taking your cause above ground and into the public eye through this film. That is, unless, your main concern is annonymity, rather than the wrongs that CEDU allegedly commited against you.
We have made many attempts to be forthcoming and public with our intentions. We are simply encouraging people to contact us directly. I will state firmly now, that any further communications you wish to have with us, should be made directly if you want them acknowledged. We are very busy trying to schedule legitimate on-site interviews with courageous, opinionated individuals.
-thank you and good day.
THE PRODUCER
