Matriarch
 

SUPPORT MATRIARCH

Director Izzy Chan in the field in the Sahel in Niger, Africa

This is much more than a film about far-flung, exotic peoples.

This documentary shows us how matriarchies create societies that are more inclusive and egalitarian than patriarchies.

Female-centered communities focus on building resilient societies based on inclusion, collective well-being, and equality. This film will show us what female leadership has accomplished—not as conjecture or theory, but in the real world.

As we continue to struggle against gender inequality and a gaping wealth gap in the West, and growing intolerance across the world, matriarchal societies can inspire new ideas for solving pressing problems.


BE THE FIRST 100

Getting to 100 donors—that’s our #1 goal for our first fundraising campaign in the Summer of 2023. Whatever the amount, your contribution lets us know that there’s an audience for Matriarch. When you make a tax-deductible donation, you will get:

  1. A preview of our fundraising trailer (see what got us selected as a Pitch Forum finalist at Doc Edge Film Festival!)

  2. An invitation to an exclusive Ask Me Anything session with award-winning Director Izzy Chan in September

HOW YOUR FUNDS WILL HELP

While we continue to apply for grants and meet with potential funding partners, your funds will allow us to maintain momentum and work towards our goal of completing the project by 2025. Outlined below are the activities where we need support most immediately.

 

RECOGNITION IN THE CREDITS & ON THE WEBSITE

Here are the different ways we will celebrate your tax-deductible contribution.


OUR FUNDERS

We are incredibly grateful to our first round of funders. Thank you for believing in our work and moving it forward!



SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES (BUSINESSES & INSTITUTIONS)

We offer unique benefits and custom packages for sponsorships. From opportunities to co-host an invitation-only premiere screening, speaking appearances from director Izzy Chan, to exclusive video trailers highlighting the sponsor in the pre-roll, we partner with businesses and organizations to create sponsorship packages that meet their unique needs and align with their purpose. Email the director Izzy to set up a meeting.

 
 
 

Time is running out.

Matriarchal societies are “on the knife-edge of extinction” as “smart phones, tourism and the cash economy take over,” writes Choo Wai-Hung, author of Kingdom of Women.

Help us document the world’s last surviving female-led societies before their distinctive ways of life are lost.

 
 
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TAX-DEDUCTABLE DONATION

Make a tax-deductible donation to Matriarch through The International Documentary Association.

 
 

 

“If working on behalf of equality, children, the poor, and against environmental depletion, are values that drive social thought, it doesn’t matter who is at the helm, male or female.

This is the only way to protect a gradually disintegrating world for future generations.”

PeggY Reeves Sanday, Ph.D.

Author of Women at the Center: Life in a Modern Matriarchy & Humanities Advisor for Matriarch

 

 
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