PITTSBURGH – Andy Warhol’s great-niece, Abby Warhola, and fellow filmmaker Jesse Best are launching a Kickstarter campaign on March 3 to bankroll a documentary film project titled Uncle Andy: The Andy Warhol Family Film.
The film will portray Warhol from perspective of the people who knew him the best since the day he was born – his family.
In the documentary film project, Uncle Andy: The Andy Warhol Family Film, which is currently in production, the producers plan to highlight these rare, never-before-seen roots and perspectives.
The film will be produced by Warhola Films and largely funded through an upcoming, grassroots Kickstarter campaign. Warhola Films will launch the Kickstarter campaign for Uncle Andy on Tuesday, March 3, and it will run for 31 days with a goal of $175,000.
The film will provide the most personal look at Warhol’s life and legacy to date, all through the eyes of his immediate family, the Warholas – siblings, nieces, nephews and others. The filmmakers have been capturing rare footage, including from family members who have since died, for several years. When completed, this feature-length documentary will be the first time audiences will discover a side of Warhol that only his family knew. They witnessed firsthand his unprecedented transformation from humble son of a working-class Pittsburgh family into one of the most important and celebrated artists in history.
Eric Shiner, director of the Andy Warhol Museum, said: “Andy Warhol was a family man. Although he left Pittsburgh within weeks of graduating from Carnegie Tech, he stayed in close contact with his brothers and their children via weekly phone calls and their regular visits to see him in his new home of New York City. This film will expose a side of Warhol the very few people have ever seen, and I know it will shed new light on Uncle Andy.”
Warhola Films was created by photographer and filmmaker Abby Warhola and visual artist and filmmaker Jesse Best in 2013. They are also filming, directing and producing Uncle Andy so that it can be as personal and historically authentic as possible.
Following is the link to the Kickstarter campaign, including sample footage: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1546349139/73993249?token=1c5bac58
