Financing A Documentary

Funding a documentary? In this 2025 economy? In this candid conversation, filmmakers and producers will spill their secrets behind raising money and producing a nonfiction documentary film. They'll share insider anecdotes and unexpected tips; it’s the money talk every doc-maker needs to hear.

Harvardwood invites you to a Zoom conversation with Peter Jones (Writer, Director, Producer), John Bard Manulis (Producer), and Taylor Vracin-Harrell (Producer) to discuss their upcoming documentary FORTUNATE SONS and the film financing process.

About the Documentary: FORTUNATE SONS is a feature-length documentary about the 1974 graduating class of the Harvard School, then a private, military school for the sons of the Los Angeles elite. Born into privilege and groomed to lead, they entered 7th grade of this all-male, military school in the cultural watershed year of 1968. An American journey about friendship, life, loss, and redemption - culminating with the class’s 50th reunion in 2024 - it resonates powerfully with the developing national conversation…