It’s never an easy thing for filmmakers to go hat in hand, hunting up support for a project. But when film production student Kevin Slee ’12 learned of one filmmaker’s innovative plan to raise money for a drama about drunken driving, well, he was in.

Part of the fundraising strategy put together by Blake Robbins for his film The Sublime and Beautiful was to invite people who’ve lost family or friends in drunken-driving accidents to contribute $100 to the film’s backing. In exchange, their loved one’s photo would be included in a montage to run as part of the film credits. That memorial component as well as the film’s topic had particular meaning for Slee.

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