The outspoken politician aims to use crowdfunding to finance documentary entitled The Killing of Tony Blair
George Galloway is to follow in the footsteps of Charlie Kaufman, Spike Lee and Zach Braff by turning to Kickstarter to realise his film-making ambitions.
Galloway is teaming up with documentary-maker Greg Ward to make The Killing of Tony Blair, which, according to Ward, "will bring together many of the things George has been fighting for during his long political career". In Ward's words, The Killing of Tony Blair "details how Blair killed the Labour Party, killed hundreds of thousands of people in Iraq and how he made 'a killing' out of doing both".
Ward and Galloway met while the former was making a film about the English Defence League, entitled Far Right, Far Wrong, and the pair aim to raise £50,000 through the crowdfunding site.
Galloway, currently the Respect MP for Bradford West, was...
George Galloway is to follow in the footsteps of Charlie Kaufman, Spike Lee and Zach Braff by turning to Kickstarter to realise his film-making ambitions.
Galloway is teaming up with documentary-maker Greg Ward to make The Killing of Tony Blair, which, according to Ward, "will bring together many of the things George has been fighting for during his long political career". In Ward's words, The Killing of Tony Blair "details how Blair killed the Labour Party, killed hundreds of thousands of people in Iraq and how he made 'a killing' out of doing both".
Ward and Galloway met while the former was making a film about the English Defence League, entitled Far Right, Far Wrong, and the pair aim to raise £50,000 through the crowdfunding site.
Galloway, currently the Respect MP for Bradford West, was...
- 8/12/2013
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
George Galloway is reportedly using Kickstarter to fund a new documentary.
The Respect Party MP has joined up with filmmaker Greg Ward to produce The Killing of Tony Blair, an anti-Tony Blair project that will "bring together many the things George has been fighting for during his long political career".
Ward said that the film will detail "how Blair killed the Labour Party, killed hundreds of thousands of people in Iraq and how he made 'a killing' out of doing both".
Galloway met Ward while he was making a film about the English Defence League called Far Right, Far Wrong.
The pair hope to raise £50,000 ($77,367) through the crowdfunding site in order to release the film, The Guardian reports.
George Galloway was removed from the Labour party back in 2003, after he clashed with Blair's involvement in the Iraq war.
Last year, he told GQ that Blair's assassination would be "logical...
The Respect Party MP has joined up with filmmaker Greg Ward to produce The Killing of Tony Blair, an anti-Tony Blair project that will "bring together many the things George has been fighting for during his long political career".
Ward said that the film will detail "how Blair killed the Labour Party, killed hundreds of thousands of people in Iraq and how he made 'a killing' out of doing both".
Galloway met Ward while he was making a film about the English Defence League called Far Right, Far Wrong.
The pair hope to raise £50,000 ($77,367) through the crowdfunding site in order to release the film, The Guardian reports.
George Galloway was removed from the Labour party back in 2003, after he clashed with Blair's involvement in the Iraq war.
Last year, he told GQ that Blair's assassination would be "logical...
- 8/12/2013
- Digital Spy
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