Guest Column: Feature-length documentary spotlights Iowa spoken-word artist
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NOTE: The following is a guest column from fellow Iowa Writers’ Collaborative member Nik Heftman, founder of The Seven Times.)
BY NIK HEFTMAN
To our subscribers - THANK YOU for tuning in to our content. To our prospective subscribers, take a look at our work. You’re likely to find a story that inspires you. This fall, we’re releasing our first feature-length documentary: The Negro Artist: A Poet and His Impact. Check out some images from the film below.
The Iowa-centric documentary follows the story of Caleb Rainey, a spoken word poet with artistic roots in eastern Iowa. His poetry and community service efforts are bolstering the arts across the state of Iowa. We are deep in post-production. We need your help with the associated costs.
To contribute, please click this button to donate to the documentary:
Contributors will receive a producer credit on the film. This is your chance to become a part of Iowa history.
If you’ve met Caleb Rainey, you understand why his poetry is nothing less than essential. If you haven’t, catch his next show. You’ll never forget it: Caleb's official website
The documentary is a completely independent effort for The Seven Times with no political backing or affiliation.
We’re looking to release at the end of September. Please consider contributing so that we can meet that deadline.
We also want to shoutout our colleagues in the Iowa Writers Collaborative Roundup
that have been very supportive of this project:
Douglas Burns -The Iowa Mercury
Jane Nguyen - The Asian Iowan, West Des Moines
Dana James -
Julie Gammack - Julie Gammack’s Iowa Potluck
Robert Leonard - Deep Midwest: Politics and Culture
- Dispatches from the HeartlandConsider subscribing to every member of the collaborative.
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(Douglas Burns, a fourth-generation Iowa journalist from Carroll, is a member of the Iowa Writers’ Collaborative. Read dozens of the most talented writers in Iowa in just one place. The Iowa Writers' Collaborative spans the full state. It’s one of the biggest things going in Iowa journalism and writing now — and you don’t want to miss. This collaborative is — as the outstanding Quad Cities journalist Ed Tibbetts says — YOUR SUNDAY IOWA newspaper. )