Successful Kickstarter for Virtually Free

Thanks to 218 backers – Shine Global has successfully completed the Kickstarter campaign to help finish our film Virtually Free raising $51,617. We are so grateful for everyone’s generosity, concern about juvenile justice, and their belief in Shine Global and our team to tell this important story.
Virtually Free will become an important element in a national outreach effort to create meaningful alternatives to detention that provide vulnerable teens opportunities to complete their education, discover their own voices and talents, and become adults living productive and meaningful lives.
On behalf of our filmmaker, André Robert Lee, fellow producer, Alexandra Blaney, and Shine Global’s board of directors – thank you.
Susan MacLaury
Producer, Virtually Free
Co-Founder and Executive Director, Shine Global
View the Kickstarter campaign video featuring Director André Robert Lee:
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- Thank you for being Fearless for the Future with Shine Global at our 2026 Gala
- Shine Global and American Documentary Announce New Resilience Award Partnership, Naming The Boys and the Bees as Inaugural Winner
- Kids Like Me Wins Shine Global’s 2026 Resilience Awards Grand Prize
- Meet our Summer 2026 Interns
- https://shineglobal.org/2026/08/04/tickets-on-sale-for-shine-globals-fearless-for-the-future-gala-sept-29-2026/
- Jason Wins Shine Global’s 2026 Children’s Resilience Short Film Prize at Indy Shorts; Stalin Boys Wins Academy Award®-Qualifying Documentary Grand Prize
