NELSON de Witt / ROBERTO Coto
Separated from my family during El Salvador's civil war, by death and adoption, I was reunited with them when I was 16. I work to share my family's story and to do projects that are meaningful, relevant and push me creatively.
Missing Mila, Finding Family- A Kickstarter's Guide to Kickstarter
- Identifying Nelson / Buscando a Roberto
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Missing Mila, Finding Family
- An International Adoption in the Shadow of the Salvadoran Civil WarWritten by my adoptive mother Margaret E. Ward, this book tells my family's incredible story."In the spring of 1983, a North American couple who were hoping to adopt a child internationally received word that if they acted quickly, they could become the parents of a boy in an orphanage in Honduras. Layers of red tape dissolved as the American Embassy there smoothed the way for the adoption. Within a few weeks, Margaret Ward and Thomas de Witt were the parents of a toddler they named Nelson—an adorable boy whose prior life seemed as mysterious as the fact that government officials in two countries had inexplicably expedited his adoption."
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A Kickstarter's Guide to Kickstarter
- How to successfully launch a creative project online.I have used Kickstarter to launch two successful but very different projects.The first one ran in the fall of 2010 and was called Identifying Nelson/Buscando a Roberto. The purpose of the campaign was to help raise some money so my co-producer John Younger, and I could start working on a documentary film.The second project was to create an e-book called A Kickstarter’s Guide to Kickstarter. That campaign took place during August of 2011. You can grab a copy of the book at:
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Identifying Nelson / Buscando a Roberto
- A documentary about me and a group of around three hundred people who have been found after disappearing as children during the Civil War in El Salvador. It is a story about a search for identity set across a landscape that obscures the truth of wounds still open a generation after one of the bloodiest armed conflicts of the Cold War.Initially launched as a Kickstarter project our film while still in development has been getting a lot of positive attention. We are looking forward to releasing part of the film online in the coming months.
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- @eproulx I just started reading @jonathanfields' Uncertainty. I didn't know you were featured! Really looking forward to reading it.
- Cheering on the Celtics from Fenway Park. #iamaceltic http://t.co/pOOug8Gi
- @aneeshben thanks! And thank you for your thoughts/insights.
- @culturedcode just what I've been waiting for! The beta is amazing but I didn't want renter everything. Problem solved!
- I favorited a @YouTube video http://t.co/21yMsBzr Steve Jobs and NeXT
- @DaysOfGrayFilm good luck! I'll be following along.
- After reading my e-book @DaysOfGrayFilm was able to raise 20% of their goal in a couple days. So cool! Check them out http://t.co/j01PZ1X8
- @DaysOfGrayFilm that's awesome! Almost to the tipping point. Keep it up!
- An @arthurhalvorsen original! http://t.co/kSzhxbjO
- @clawhammertim Thought you might like to see this. A live recording and video I did while in Panama. http://t.co/ToeYBRxv
- @iamreff Thanks Reff!!
- My Kickstarter's Guide to Kickstarter is finally available on the Kindle store! http://t.co/9JQuRd3F A big thank you to all my backers!
- I just liked "Caine's Arcade" on Vimeo: http://t.co/DBQIWvsF
- @reevesman got it. Well good luck! Let me know if I can help.
- @reevesman if your looking for some idea for your campaign, I wrote an ebook about my experiences. Maybe it can help. http://t.co/6FZpRmTv
- @reevesman are you combining the film and the album into one Kickstarter project? That might make it a little harder to get funding.
- @reevesman from the video to the 1st project I took away that you are making music with a bunch of ppl Ive never heard us. Tell a story! :)
- @reevesman if you're relaunching I would make the video more focused on your music and why you love it.
- @crcarrillo everything is going well keeping busy!
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Status
- As I do every year, it's time to personally answer all my birthday wishes. Thank you everyone! It's been a great day.
- Scanned some of the negatives I took at SXSW and I got one of the best photos I have ever taken! Not sure when I'll be able to share it but I'm pumped.
- Can you name something that does NOT go well with bacon??
- I'm admitting this publicly for the first time but I've never watched The Lion King!
- 14 years ago today I was reunited with my birth family. Only fitting I should be in Costa Rica to celebrate! Derek De Witt Ernesto Coto Jenny Coto
