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The film will chronicle a 20-day expedition, taking their team 400 miles off the coast of California out into the open ocean - all in pursuit of a whale that nobody has ever seen. One of those backers was Josh Zeman, who, with Adrian Grenier, is now developing a documentary called 52: The Search for the Loneliest Whale. In 2011, a guy named Mike Ambs started making mixtapes of the whale’s song and distributing them, a few at a time, to Kickstarter backers. The zeitgeist surrounding the whale, known as 52, even extends to Kickstarter. It seems more myth than creature - both a fascinating story with a mysterious protagonist, and a place to project your own feelings of isolation. Since a 2004 New York Times article first brought the story of the Lonely Whale into the public consciousness, it has gathered something of a movement around itself.

While other whales may be deaf to its cry, humans are listening. The frequency of its 52-hertz voice is too low for other whales to hear. It’s believed to be the only whale of its kind: an unknown species, perhaps a blue whale hybrid. Take a look, enjoy the selections, and stay tuned for more - we’re incredibly happy to be working with The Times to share important films with the world!įor decades, a solitary whale has been calling out across the ocean, never receiving a reply.

And A Harlem Mother, by Ivana Todorovic, mixes 1998 documentary footage by shot LaTraun Parker with a view of his mother Jean’s life after LaTraun was murdered at age 26.

In Elvis Loses His Excess & Other Tales from the World’s Longest Yard Sale, Riley Hooper introduces us to the characters of a 690-mile roadside sale, stretching from Michigan to Alabama.

Minka: A Farmhouse in Japan, from Davina Pardo, tells a tale of place and memory.

Scott Elliot tells the story of The Tree That Would Not Be Broken - a pear tree that was the last living thing rescued from the ruins of the World Trade Center.

Sandy Patch’s The Last Ice Merchant follows Baltazar Ushca, the last of his brothers to make a living harvesting ice from the glaciers of Ecuador.

The first to be featured is Joey Daoud’s Strike - the story of Bill Fong, an underdog bowler who suddenly begins nailing strike after strike after strike.

Six terrific stories - each running a compact ten to thirty minutes - are ready to watch right now: These selections span both the globe and the diversity of filmmaking talent on Kickstarter.

Over the coming months, The Times will be hosting great short-form documentaries, all made with Kickstarter, on its Times Video page, with a new film taking a turn in the spotlight each week - films The Times has hand-picked to inform, entertain, and broaden the worlds of its readership. Starting this month, we’re teaming up with a pretty exciting institution to help share even more of that fantastic work: The New York Times. Browsing through the best-loved documentaries of any given year always turns up plenty of films we had the privilege of working with. Documentary filmmaking has always thrived on Kickstarter, and we couldn’t be prouder of all the incredible work that’s gathered funding on the site - we’ve seen films go on to garner widespread acclaim, Oscar nominations, even an Oscar win.