Seeking Items for Raffle, Door Prizes, Silent Auction

We're currently seeking items to use for the raffle, door prizes and silent auction at our upcoming fundraisers, including the Spaghetti Feast at VFW Post 63 on January 22.  If you're an artist, or run a business, would you consider making a gift?

Proceeds go toward completion and distribution of our short documentary, "Sergeant Paine."  Please contact us at sergeantpainefilm (at) gmail.com.  Thanks for your support!  We appreciate it!

Seth Randal
Director, "Sergeant Paine"
and crew

Happy Veterans Day!

Happy Veterans Day to All Veterans!  Thank you for your contributions to our country!

The "Sergeant Paine" documentary team

Spaghetti Feast for Film at VFW!

Mark your calendars for our upcoming Spaghetti Feast, a fundraiser for the "Sergeant Paine" documentary!  The event is Saturday, January 22 2011 at VFW Capital City Post 63!  Feast on delicious spaghetti and help us complete the powerful real story of an Army whistleblower punished for reporting fraud and dangerous equipment!

• Clips from the documentary
• Meet members of the crew
• Silent Auction
• Raffle
• Door Prizes

$10 Ages 11+
$5 Seniors (65+)
Children eat free!

VFW Capital City Post 63
3308 West Chinden Boulevard
Garden City, ID 83714-6637

We're grateful to Garrett and the folks at Post 63 for their support and kind assistance!

Seth Randal
Director, "Sergeant Paine"

MAP

Workplace Discrimination

Ever faced workplace discrimination because of your race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information? File a complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)!

Call 800-669-4000 or visit http://www.eeoc.gov/employees/charge.cfm ...to learn more.

 Seth Randal

Director, "Sergeant Paine" 

GAP for Whistleblowers

Another resource for whistleblowers, the Government Accountability Project: http://www.facebook.com/GovernmentAccountabilityProject?v=wall

Founded in 1977, GAP is the nation’s leading whistleblower protection and advocacy organization. Located in Washington, D.C., GAP is a nonpartisan, public interest group. In addition to focusing on whistleblower support in our stated program areas, we lead campaigns to ...enact whistleblower protection laws both domestically and internationally. GAP also conducts an accredited legal clinic for law students, and offers an internship program year-round. 

Seth Randal

Director, "Sergeant Paine" 

 

Whistleblower Center

Learn about the National Whistleblowers Center, one of the resources for people who report fraud and corruption: http://www.whistleblowers.org/ or www.Twitter.com/StopFraud

Seth Randal
Director, "Sergeant Paine"

VFW Fundraiser

We've scheduled a fund-raising event for our new documentary "Sergeant Paine" at the VFW Hall on Chinden Blvd., Boise, Idaho, for Saturday, January 22, 2011, during which the current version of the film will be shown. It will be a fun and exciting time!

More info to come as we get closer. 

Thanks for stopping by.


Buffy Naillon
Producer, Sergeant Paine

Please help us tell this story

He reported dangerous gear and pay fraud, then faced years of retaliation.  Help tell the story of an honest soldier punished for doing the right thing!

We need your assistance.  Please contribute through Kickstarter.com today!

bit.ly/bb0aES

Filmmaker Seminar

A timely and informative seminar called "Movie Making: Dialogue with the Filmmakers" will be held at the Sun Valley Lodge on Friday, September 17th, 8:30-3:30 PM, as part of the Sun Valley Spiritual Film Festival. Two of the topics covered will be The Role of Documentary in Social Justice, and Fair Use.  Cost $15


http://www.svspiritualfilmfestival.org/

Preview of "Sergeant Paine"

Check out this video preview of our short documentary, "Sergeant Paine."  It's the powerful real story of a man who says he faced extreme retaliation for trying to protect his fellow troops.  Can you help us finish the film?

bit.ly/bb0aES

Facebook

Find the "Sergeant Paine" documentary on Facebook!  "Like" us HERE.

Twitter

Here's another way to stay in touch as we work to complete the powerful short documentary, "Sergeant Paine."  Follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/SgtPaine.  Thanks!  See you on Twitter!

Good news!

Some great news to share. As I was up burning the midnight oil, I double-checked our Kickstarter.com fundraising page. We have our first donations!

Crew Bios

Over the next couple of days, we'll be featuring information about the crew and other interesting tidbits so that people can get to know us better. 

We'll start with the film's director, Seth Randal. Here's his bio plus a behind the scenes shot of Seth shooting the film.

Seth is the writer, director and an editor on the documentary short, “Sergeant Paine.”  Randal has been sharing dramatic, real-life stories for over 15 years, including a career in television journalism.  He has a passion for weaving facts into compelling stories.

He directed “The Fall of ‘55,” a feature-length documentary telling the story of a McCarthy-era gay panic in Boise, Idaho.  That film has appeared at numerous festival and university screenings throughout the country, and is available on DVD through Frameline Distribution and at resellers including Amazon.com.  Seth’s second film, “State of Change,” is a 23-minute short available for download as a free iTunes podcast.

Randal’s been interviewed by national media outlets including National Public Radio and The Advocate, and co-authored an opinion piece for The New York Times.  He has previous experience in graphic design, public relations and holds hardware and software certifications from Apple.   Randal is an Idaho native.

Sergeant Paine: We officially launched our film fundraising campaign

After a very long conference call between the film's director, Seth Randal and the two producers, Louise Luster (exec producer) and Buffy Naillon, we finally got the Kickstarter.com fundraising campaign kicked off! If you want to find it on Kickstarter, it's under the title:

Sergeant Paine: Film About Soldier punished for reporting fraud & dangerous gear

We are so excited to bring this important story to the public.

Please support this film! Donation at every level brings gifts to you. And of course, our eternal gratitude!

Buffy

Launch Day!

Today is our launch day for the Kickstarter.com fundraising campaign for the film! We're all so excited. Stay tuned as we unveil pictures and footage of the film.


Please come back often. And please visit us on Kickstarter.com!