{"id":6155,"date":"2013-04-10T12:45:40","date_gmt":"2013-04-10T16:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=6155"},"modified":"2013-04-10T12:45:40","modified_gmt":"2013-04-10T16:45:40","slug":"spectres-of-shortwave-rci-sackville-documentary-seeks-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/spectres-of-shortwave-rci-sackville-documentary-seeks-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Spectres of Shortwave: RCI Sackville documentary seeks support"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"1-IMG_2274\"<\/a>Last year, we mentioned<\/a> that a documentary film featuring the RCI Sackville transmitter site was in the works. Fortunately, artist\/film maker Amanda Dawn Christie, is\u00a0on track for production of Spectres of Shortwave<\/em>. Though the film has already received $70,000 in cash funding and $17,500 in services, they need an additional $10,000 to cover incidentals, so they’ve launched an indiegogo campaign<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Consider helping them along the way with even a modest contribution by visiting their indiegogo campaign page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last year, we mentioned that a documentary film featuring the RCI Sackville transmitter site was in the works. Fortunately, artist\/film maker Amanda Dawn Christie, is\u00a0on track for production of Spectres of Shortwave. Though the film has already received $70,000 in cash funding and $17,500 in services, they need an additional $10,000 to cover incidentals, so […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[508,56,3],"tags":[30,1039,1197,1841,1043,1840],"class_list":["post-6155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-2","category-broadcasters","category-news","tag-rci","tag-rci-cuts","tag-rci-sackville","tag-rci-sackville-movie-documentary","tag-sackville-new-brunswick","tag-spectres-of-shortwave"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-1Bh","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9013,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/amanda-dawn-christie-shares-footage-of-rci-towers-falling\/","url_meta":{"origin":6155,"position":0},"title":"Amanda Dawn Christie shares footage of RCI towers falling","author":"Thomas","date":"March 20, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Documentary filmmaker, Amanda Dawn Christie, has been gathering footage to create Spectres of Shortwave: a 90 minute documentary film focusing on the Radio Canada International Sackville transmitting site. Little did Christie know when she started shooting the film several years ago that the site would not only be be shut\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Art"","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/art-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"RCI-SpectresOfShortwave","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/RCI-SpectresOfShortwave.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/RCI-SpectresOfShortwave.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/RCI-SpectresOfShortwave.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/RCI-SpectresOfShortwave.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":16757,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/spectres-of-shortwave-near-completion\/","url_meta":{"origin":6155,"position":1},"title":"Spectres of Shortwave: near completion","author":"Thomas","date":"January 12, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Richard Langley, who shares this CBC New Brunswick article about Amanda Dawn Christie's film, Spectres of Shortwave: (Source: CBC) Amanda Dawn Christie launching documentary about demise of RCI towers Documentary 'Spectres of Shortwave' to be finished in time for possible premiere at Toronto's Hot\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Art"","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/art-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"SackvilleCurtainAntennas","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/SackvilleCurtainAntennas.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/SackvilleCurtainAntennas.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/SackvilleCurtainAntennas.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":18713,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/spectres-of-shortwave-help-amanda-put-the-finishing-touches-on-her-film\/","url_meta":{"origin":6155,"position":2},"title":"Spectres of Shortwave: Help Amanda put the finishing touches on her film","author":"Thomas","date":"May 7, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Jason, who shares the following: Not sure if you've seen this Indiegogo campaign to help finish a doc on the RCI transmitter site...I think I may have first heard about this from your blog? https:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/projects\/spectres-of-shortwave-last-steps#\/ Thanks, Jason! 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