I decided to become a “Good Samaritan” by giving one of my kidneys to a stranger. Now I am making a film to explain why.
Confessions of a Good Samaritan
$250,000.00
Goal-
$98,865.00
Raised -
0
Days to go
New York, United States (US)
Who is my neighbor, and what is my responsibility to them?
Confessions Of A Good Samaritan is an offbeat and provocative inquiry into the science, history, and ethics of organ transplantation. It is also my personal passion project and the hardest film I’ve ever tried to make. At first I was reluctant to make a film about this deeply personal and emotional experience, but eventually I realized I had a unique chance to make an interesting work of art that will also save lives (so I got over myself).
Did you know that 13 Americans die every day awaiting a kidney transplant? That’s the bad news. But the good news is that if just 1 in 10,000 people could be inspired to give a kidney, the waiting list would be eradicated immediately. This is what motivates me. My film will share the truth about what it was like to donate a kidney to someone I’ll never meet. In trying to answer the simple question, “Why?”, I will bring viewers on a fascinating journey through the neuroscience of altruism, the history of surgery, and the future of organ transplantation.
DONATIONS ARE TAX-DEDUCTIBLE. Please note donations made via credit card incur 3% fees. If that’s something you want to avoid, email [email protected] to set up a wire or bank transfer. Or checks can be sent to UnionDocs 352 Onderdonk Ave., Ridgewood, NY 11385 (please make it clear it’s for this project).
“I want to donate at a pretty high level! Are there any opportunities to earn a credit on the film?”
Short answer: yes. Let’s talk! :)
When will I get to see the film?
Most likely, mid-late 2023.
Most likely, mid-late 2023.
Penny Lane makes innovative nonfiction films, including four features – most recently Hail Satan? which premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival – and over a dozen short films. A 2020 Guggenheim Fellow, Lane has also received grants and awards from the Sundance Film Festival, Cinereach, Creative Capital, Chicken & Egg Pictures, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Tribeca Film Institute, Wexner Center for the Arts and many others. Penny has been honored with retrospectives at the Museum of the Moving Image, San Francisco DocFest, Open City Documentary Festival and Cinema Moderne. In 2017, she was admitted to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Penny Lane is her real name.
| Name | Donate Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Anonymous | $1,000.00 | August 10, 2023 |
| Donald McDaniel | $100.00 | January 24, 2022 |
| George Taniwaki | $1,000.00 | November 21, 2021 |
| Peter Schallot | $100.00 | May 07, 2021 |
| Marni Grossman | $50,000.00 | April 09, 2021 |
| Michael Levy | $300.00 | February 06, 2021 |
| Adam Weber | $100.00 | January 07, 2021 |
| $10,000.00 | January 07, 2021 | |
| Elana Noy | $15.00 | December 13, 2020 |
| Jean Henry | $75.00 | December 08, 2020 |
| Rich Remsberg | $100.00 | December 06, 2020 |
| $100.00 | December 04, 2020 | |
| $50.00 | December 04, 2020 | |
| $25,000.00 | December 04, 2020 | |
| Ramiro Guzman | $20.00 | December 02, 2020 |
| Craig Winger | $50.00 | December 02, 2020 |
| Erin Moroney | $50.00 | December 01, 2020 |
| Will Carlough | $100.00 | December 01, 2020 |
| Olivia Hosey | $5.00 | December 01, 2020 |
| Braden King | $64.00 | November 30, 2020 |
| mark scotch | $25.00 | November 29, 2020 |
| Martha Shane | $100.00 | November 26, 2020 |
| H. Nelson Tracey | $8.00 | November 25, 2020 |
| Heidi Hammel | $100.00 | November 25, 2020 |
| Ann Moore | $50.00 | November 25, 2020 |
| Tracy Williams | $50.00 | November 25, 2020 |
| Margaret Crenshaw | $100.00 | November 24, 2020 |
| Michael Beach Nichols | $20.00 | November 24, 2020 |
| Jen Levitt | $50.00 | November 23, 2020 |
| Leigh Stein | $100.00 | November 23, 2020 |
| Shannon Catalano | $25.00 | November 23, 2020 |
| Hannah Bos | $100.00 | November 23, 2020 |
| Casimir Nozkowski | $100.00 | November 23, 2020 |
| John Huntington | $200.00 | November 23, 2020 |
| Amy Foote | $100.00 | November 22, 2020 |
| Marshall Curry | $25.00 | November 22, 2020 |
| Simon Kilmurry | $100.00 | November 22, 2020 |
| Oliver Butler | $250.00 | November 22, 2020 |
| Amy Plourde | $25.00 | November 20, 2020 |
| Catherine Lacey | $20.00 | November 20, 2020 |
| Chris Metzler | $50.00 | November 20, 2020 |
| Michael Farrell | $25.00 | November 20, 2020 |
| Jeffrey Schwarz | $18.00 | November 20, 2020 |
| Inney Prakash | $25.00 | November 20, 2020 |
| Anonymous | $25.00 | November 20, 2020 |
| Reva Russell English | $25.00 | November 20, 2020 |
| Sasha Waters Freyer | $50.00 | November 20, 2020 |
| Kevin McDermott | $500.00 | November 20, 2020 |
| Rosemary Rotondi | $30.00 | November 20, 2020 |
| Tyler Measom | $50.00 | November 20, 2020 |
| Samuel Green | $20.00 | November 20, 2020 |
| Cathleen O'Connell | $50.00 | November 20, 2020 |
| Ryan White | $200.00 | November 20, 2020 |
| Jennifer Gore Dwyer | $114.00 | November 20, 2020 |
| Lawrence O'Donnell | $5,000.00 | November 20, 2020 |
| peggy parsons | $100.00 | November 20, 2020 |
| Dan Schneidkraut | $25.00 | November 20, 2020 |
| Glenn Marcus | $100.00 | November 20, 2020 |
| Ann Biddlecom | $500.00 | November 20, 2020 |
| Will Sanborn | $30.00 | November 19, 2020 |
| Rosanna Early | $75.00 | November 19, 2020 |
| Steve Tucker | $250.00 | November 19, 2020 |
| christopher sullivan | $50.00 | November 19, 2020 |
| Dean Fleischer-Camp | $25.00 | November 19, 2020 |
| Sonya Stepanova | $35.00 | November 19, 2020 |
| Adam Sekuler | $10.00 | November 19, 2020 |
| Jeanie finlay | $75.00 | November 19, 2020 |
| Mary Kerr | $25.00 | November 19, 2020 |
| jessica hargrave | $100.00 | November 19, 2020 |
| Richard Herskowitz | $25.00 | November 19, 2020 |
| Amanda Pike | $100.00 | November 19, 2020 |
| Ed Epping | $50.00 | November 19, 2020 |
| Elaine Sheldon | $100.00 | November 19, 2020 |
| Rick Prelinger | $250.00 | November 19, 2020 |
| Michael Gibbons | $50.00 | November 19, 2020 |
| Kristin McCracken | $50.00 | November 19, 2020 |
| Philip Cowan | $250.00 | November 19, 2020 |
| Caitlin Burke | $50.00 | November 19, 2020 |
| Anonymous | $4.00 | November 19, 2020 |
| Anonymous | $1.00 | November 19, 2020 |
| Anonymous | $1.00 | November 19, 2020 |
| Susan Norget | $75.00 | November 18, 2020 |
| $500.00 | November 13, 2020 |