I have been asking $5,000 for 1% of any distribution or acquisition deal I receive for the film, after agent fees and commissions.

You have already put $1,500 into this film. Put in $2,500 more, $4,000 total, and keep advising me the way you have been, and the 1% is yours. Your counsel is worth the difference.

And you can take your time with it. $500 a month works fine if that is easier.

I will be honest with you the way you have always been with me. You have been so great to me that I would love to just give this to you. I cannot afford to give it away. So this is the closest thing I have: a real stake, at a price no one else is getting.

My ultimate goal is to sell the film to a Subscription Video on Demand service such as Netflix or Amazon.

If the film generated $250,000 after fees and commissions, your 1% would return this $2,500. At $400,000 it would return everything you have ever put into the film. Anything above that would be profit.

For context, Knock Down the House was reportedly acquired by Netflix for $10 million and Time by Amazon for $5 million, with other documentary acquisitions landing in the high six and low seven figures.

I'm not suggesting this film will achieve those numbers. There is real risk and no guarantee of a sale.

But look back at the track record above. I've succeeded far beyond what anyone could reasonably have expected from a small, independently produced series out of Rockford.

I believe I can do it again, this time with a feature film.

And if you want to take a larger stake, call me and we'll talk about 2%.