Support the Story. Share the Legacy.

Your contribution helps bring Carl B. Stokes’ groundbreaking journey to the screen and keeps his impact alive for future generations.

How to Support

You can support our team via:

  • Donations
  • Equity investments
  • In-kind services
  • Spreading the word

Donations

We have partnered with the storied independent cinema Film Forum located in the thick of the independent cinema scene in Downtown New York City as our non-profit fiscal sponsor allowing participants to realize a tax deduction via their contribution. 

Donations can be received by Film Forum both online as well as via check via the information below.  Film Forum will then provide the donor with a tax-deduction receipt*.

To make a tax-deductible donation via our fiscal sponsor, send a check made payable to Film Forum and note "STOKE’S DILEMMA" in the memo line to:
Chad Bolton
Managing Director
Film Forum | 209 W. Houston St. | New York, NY. 10014


For credit card payments go to:
https://my.filmforum.org/donate/i/21
using the Q-Z dropdown, find "Joy Roller/STOKE’S DILEMMA" to fill out the form.

*Note that the fiscal sponsor deducts 5% with check donations and 8% for credit card payments.

Donations (as well as equity investments starting at a minimum buy-in of $25,000) will receive the following treatment:

  • Sincere Thank You for any amount!
  • Friend: $1,000 - 2 tickets to the Cleveland Premiere
  • Supporter: $2,500 - 2 tickets to Cleveland Premiere, on-screen credit
  • Assistant Producer: $5,000 - 4 tickets to Cleveland premiere, on-screen credit, film DVD
  • Associate Producer: $10,000 - all above
  • Executive Producer: $25,000 - all above
  • Co-Production Partner: $50,000

Equity Investment

We are seeking qualified investors to participate as an equity participant in the project as well as it’s hopeful financial upside.  Investments of this nature will be treated in the following manner: 

Treatment
First
: 100% of the net revenue will pay remaining production costs and crew deferments (with a cap on the allowable deferment pool); then,
Second
: Investors (on a pari-passu basis) recoup 100% of the film’s net revenue until they recoup 120% of their investment; then,
Third: 100% of the net revenue is split between investors (50%) and the producer’s group (50%) in perpetuity.

Contact Information

Joy Roller (Producer): jrollertv@gmail.com | 216-262-4206

Jeff Wolk (Executive Producer): jeff.wolk@me.com | 917-699-3840

Robert Profusek (Executive Producer): robert@digitalharvestmedia.com | 917-837-1679

"People, acting together, are power.
They don’t just have power. They are power."

Promises of Power: A Political Autobiography
by Carl Stokes