[MISP] Private Financing

[Kenneth Knoll]

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Attracting private money to make movies in New Mexico is best exemplified in the Wall Street article about the movie "Precious". 

"Precious," a raw movie about an obese black teen growing up in an abusive Harlem household, got off the ground with some unlikely angels: A wealthy Denver couple new to the film business.

The surprise success of the movie marks a vindication for Sarah Siegel-Magness and her husband, Gary Magness, a pair of novice film investors who put up roughly $12 million to finance a project that wouldn't appeal to Hollywood studios.

Complete story- http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704538404574537721627768260.html

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Kenneth Segura Knoll

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