Things didn’t work out quite as planned for the documentary, The Road Less Traveled By. The idea was that ‘A.J. Goodrich – a poet and filmmaker in Los Angeles – was going to walk across the country to get married to his boyfriend in New York, documenting the journey on film and talking to people along the way about gay marriage and queer identity in America.’
However fate intervened and before they left the couple split up. Goodrich decided to head off on the journey anyway, with various friends helping out along the way. Now he’s hoping to finish the film that documents the trip, and he’s turned to IndieGoGo in the hope of raising $35,000.
Goodrich’s journey saw him, ‘Covering 3,600 miles over the course of eight months, the crew trekked over mountains and deserts, through Las Vegas and Native American reservations in New Mexico, across the wide expanse of Texas, through fires and floods, past the devastated Gulf of Mexico, up through the deep South to D.C., finally ending in New York City where the story began.
‘Over the course of they journey, they encountered all sorts of people, and a range of rarely seen perspectives, from an Islamic gravedigger in the middle of the Mojave Desert to a roadhouse cook in Arizona and stewards of a radical queer commune in New Mexico. Each day held a unique new adventure and incredible people to meet, share stories with, and interview.
‘What started as a grassroots civil rights march exploring equality and LGBT identity grew into a deeply personal coming-of-age story, and an unexpected look into the true nature of love, friendship — and what’s really important in life.’
The walk was completed in 2011, but it’s taken until now to get it to the point where it needs completion funding for the likes of sound, colour-correction, licensing and music, which the crowdfunding campaign can help with.
Take a look at the fundraising video below, and head over to Indiegogo if you want to help.
https://vimeo.com/135929415
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