Mala Mala: documenting lives in Puerto Rico

Antonio Santini and Dan Sickles want to make a movie, and they need your help.

Santini and Sickles are working on a documentary called Mala Mala, which tells the story of a group of young drag performers and transsexual and transgender individuals living in Puerto Rico. To help fund the making of this project, the duo have turned to Kickstarter, a crowd-sourcing webpage that allows people to donate funds to the making of their project. The film was recently featured on The Huffington Post and has less than a day to finish gathering the required funds to make this project a reality. Check it out.

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