Three days ago we officially launched our Kickstarter fundraising campaign for Doughboy. By the end of the first day, we had $980. After day two, we were at $1480. Today we are at $1655 at 74% of our goal!!! It has been an overwhelming three days seeing all the generous support from friends, family, the [...]
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Kickstarter Campaign Officially Launches
December 12th, 2010
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Dear World,
Turtlist Media is embarking on its biggest project to date!
Please help us make it happen by contributing to our fundraising effort! You can donate here!
If you wanted a funnel cake right now, would you know where to get one? Here are your options: Pay 50 bucks to get into Six Flags or wait for [...]
Doughboy Week 1 TURTLIST LOVES DATA!
December 7th, 2010
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Dear Supporters,
You may have noticed a fall in updates here, but that is because Turtlist Media is embarking on its biggest project to date!
This winter, we’ll be producing a narrative short titled, Doughboy. It’s a dark comedy about a superfan of Data, the Asian kid from The Goonies, who feels a calling to continue his [...]
Grand Opening of Data’s Funnelcakes
November 26th, 2010
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So you have this incredible craving for a delectable funnel cake, but where will you go to simmer this animal rage within? Will you pay 50 bucks to get into Six Flags for a 10 dollar treat? Or wait for the annual carnival to come to town? The circus? Forget it. The Ringling Brothers are [...]
Summer Sessions: Fighters cover by danAKAdan of Afterschoolspecial and Kevin Lien
November 5th, 2010
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Yet another shoot from our Summer Sessions project, putting high quality creative videos into the hands of talented Asian American artists through collaboration. Dan of Afterschoolspecial and Kevin Lien perform a cover of Lupe Fiasco’s Fighters.
Strangers in a Park
September 18th, 2010
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Check out our submission for the Interpretations contest! http://interpretationsfilm.com/members/turtlist/
Director’s Statement: Strangers in a Park is a post-modern psychological thriller that questions who is actually the victim and if the ambiguous line between sanity and insanity can really decipher judgement of morality and justice. This short pays homage to Hitchcock’s Strangers on a Train (1951), where [...]
Arthur Nakane makes it to Vegas on America’s Got Talent!!!
July 1st, 2010
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A few days ago, we uploaded a ridiculously amazing and entertaining collaboration with Arthur Nakane, a street performer from LA who calls himself the One-Man-Band. Needless to say, we were jumping for joy when we finally saw Arthur Nakane on TV.
Turtlist Media now a collaborator with ChannelAPA
July 1st, 2010
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As you may or may not know, our newest direction is now to become a production group of creative content that encourages Asian Americans in the arts. However we still strongly believe in the need to highlight Asian Americans doing big things and making statements, but we are doing so through new, high quality collaborative [...]
Updates from Little Tokyo with afterschoolspecial, Kevin Lien, and Smashhitta
June 29th, 2010
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DanAKADan of afterschoolspecial, musician Kevin Lien, and Smashhitta (producer of Michelle Martinez’s newest album, “Adrenaline”, talk about the latest and greatest from the APA music industry.
PaperDoll wins Kollaboration NY!
June 28th, 2010
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After an exciting year of shows, news coverage, and even a feature on a Dayquil commercial, PaperDoll, an indie band with an electro pop rock sound, has recently won Kollaboration NY.
Last summer we covered PaperDoll, a talented pop rock band from New York City. Unfortunately the footage of the interview and performances was lost somewhere [...]
