Blood, Sweat & Heels Teaser
Chicago, Illinois | Film Short
Comedy
No examples in popular culture begin to rival what Blood, Sweat & Heels offers as an authentic, entertaining representation of sex workers free from whore-phobia and stereotyping. Help us transform audience members into better friends, lovers, and family members to sex workers.
Blood, Sweat & Heels Teaser
Chicago, Illinois | Film Short
Comedy
Green Light
This campaign raised $5,165 for production. Follow the filmmaker to receive future updates on this project.
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No examples in popular culture begin to rival what Blood, Sweat & Heels offers as an authentic, entertaining representation of sex workers free from whore-phobia and stereotyping. Help us transform audience members into better friends, lovers, and family members to sex workers.
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About The Project
- The Story
- Wishlist
- Updates
- The Team
- Community
Mission Statement
The Story
Never having stepped foot in a strip club, Cassidy starts her first night as a dancer at The Siren, Chicago's most popular strip club. There she meets a group of millennial aged dancers who will dramatically alter her perception of religion, sexuality and self worth. Will these young women manage to balance their careers, love lives and health with the sometimes glamorous but often daunting world of sex work?
Blood, Sweat & Heels follows 4 millennial strippers as their lives intersect in and outside of the club. This project addresses the vastly different struggles these workers face finding love, security and success in a society which is often openly hostile to their existence- while also celebrating their triumphs. By helping to fund our teaser, you’re helping to ensure Blood, Sweat & Heels comes to fruition as the entertaining and impactful series we know it’s meant to be. Teasers help us to provide a proof of concept video for potential investors which in the long term, can help us create a product that will reach more audiences.
We’re overdue for this project and the potential it has to deepen our understanding of feminism. In the midst of the “Me Too” era, sex workers are still woefully absent from the public dialog around sexual misconduct and body autonomy- and that dialog suffers for negating their experiences and expertise. This project is our way to begin to rectify that reality.
Our characters are incredibly diverse, we wanted to awknowledge the reality that folks from all sorts of backgrounds and identities exist in this field. It's also important for us to take this opportunity to place non-white and queer people in the center of this story- portraying them in a way that we rarely, if ever, see. We'll go one step further and assure you that hiring people with a background in sex work is an important priority for out team. We value the authenticity and skills they bring to the table, and relish the ability to give new opportunities to people who often have to lie about their backgrounds to be deemed worthy of hire by much of society. Your donation helps us to be able to pay these folks for their valuable contributions on screen and off.
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
The Siren
Costs $2,000
Help us secure the perfect location for our fictional strip club, The Siren!
Crew
Costs $1,500
We need to make sure we can offer meals and a small stipend for folks on set.
Post Services
Costs $500
This money will go to the talented folks tasked with editing and mixing the final video.
Art!
Costs $500
We need our talent looking their best and our location shining for our shoot.
Talent
Costs $500
We want to offer our actors a small stipend for their time and make sure they are well fed.
Cash Pledge
Costs $0
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About This Team
By supporting our project, you will be supporting a Creative Team as diverse as the story we will bring to the screen- members of our team are queer and non-white, with backgrounds ranging from performance art to film production to sex work.
Current Team
Incentives
- The Story
- Wishlist
- Updates
- The Team
- Community
Mission Statement
The Story
Never having stepped foot in a strip club, Cassidy starts her first night as a dancer at The Siren, Chicago's most popular strip club. There she meets a group of millennial aged dancers who will dramatically alter her perception of religion, sexuality and self worth. Will these young women manage to balance their careers, love lives and health with the sometimes glamorous but often daunting world of sex work?
Blood, Sweat & Heels follows 4 millennial strippers as their lives intersect in and outside of the club. This project addresses the vastly different struggles these workers face finding love, security and success in a society which is often openly hostile to their existence- while also celebrating their triumphs. By helping to fund our teaser, you’re helping to ensure Blood, Sweat & Heels comes to fruition as the entertaining and impactful series we know it’s meant to be. Teasers help us to provide a proof of concept video for potential investors which in the long term, can help us create a product that will reach more audiences.
We’re overdue for this project and the potential it has to deepen our understanding of feminism. In the midst of the “Me Too” era, sex workers are still woefully absent from the public dialog around sexual misconduct and body autonomy- and that dialog suffers for negating their experiences and expertise. This project is our way to begin to rectify that reality.
Our characters are incredibly diverse, we wanted to awknowledge the reality that folks from all sorts of backgrounds and identities exist in this field. It's also important for us to take this opportunity to place non-white and queer people in the center of this story- portraying them in a way that we rarely, if ever, see. We'll go one step further and assure you that hiring people with a background in sex work is an important priority for out team. We value the authenticity and skills they bring to the table, and relish the ability to give new opportunities to people who often have to lie about their backgrounds to be deemed worthy of hire by much of society. Your donation helps us to be able to pay these folks for their valuable contributions on screen and off.
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
The Siren
Costs $2,000
Help us secure the perfect location for our fictional strip club, The Siren!
Crew
Costs $1,500
We need to make sure we can offer meals and a small stipend for folks on set.
Post Services
Costs $500
This money will go to the talented folks tasked with editing and mixing the final video.
Art!
Costs $500
We need our talent looking their best and our location shining for our shoot.
Talent
Costs $500
We want to offer our actors a small stipend for their time and make sure they are well fed.
Cash Pledge
Costs $0
Direct link:
Share this update!
About This Team
By supporting our project, you will be supporting a Creative Team as diverse as the story we will bring to the screen- members of our team are queer and non-white, with backgrounds ranging from performance art to film production to sex work.