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Scripture
Muralist and mixed-media artist balancing family, business, recovery, and a long-term creative vision.
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Five years of filming.
Official trailerYouTube
In Production.
Three artists.
Submit broadly.
The vehicle is not the mission.
Still in production.
FIVE YEARS IN THE MAKING.
HeyTaos · Arts & Culture · Independent documentary in production
VAGRANTHEARTS
Three artists. Five years. The walls of Taos. Help finish their story and carry it to audiences across the country.
The Film
Five years of filming.
Now it needs to reach people.
Vagrant Hearts is a feature-length documentary about three muralists and street artists living and working in Taos, where art is not decoration. It is identity, survival, recovery, and a public record written directly onto the walls.
Official trailerYouTubeCurrent Status
In Production.
Toward Completion.
Vagrant Hearts is still being built. This funding supports finishing the film alongside packaging it for the road: festival submission, distribution outreach, and the circuit that carries it to audiences once it is ready.
- Continued editing and post-production
- Festival submission and strategy
- Distribution outreach and licensing
- DCP, captions, subtitles, and delivery quality control
- Marketing and audience development
- Independent mobile activations in target festival cities
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Featured artists
5
Years of filming
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Feature documentary in production
Taos
The place at its center
The Human Story
Three artists.
One town that shaped them all.
The funding case begins with the people in the film. The circuit exists to carry their work, their contradictions, and the reality of making art at the margins into rooms where these stories are rarely seen.
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Auras Uno
Street and spray-paint artist working through personal growth while redefining purpose and the meaning of his past.
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Jisk27
Public-art and installation artist bringing entrepreneurial focus to a clear and determined creative path.
The film opens with the three artists making a mural together. Geoffery Davis follows them through five years of creation, disruption, recovery, the opening and closing of Vagrant Heart, and the community that formed around it.
Years later, the artists return to one wall and create together again. The visual circle closes, but the people have changed. The distance between those murals is the film.
Vagrant Hearts is deliberately intimate and unpolished. Its point of view comes from inside the story, not from a production team arriving after the fact. The aesthetic reflects Geoffery Davis's belief that filmmaking belongs to people with something urgent to say.
Recovery through art is not presented as an abstract theme. It is visible in the choices, relationships, setbacks, and work that the camera stayed long enough to witness.
The second-most intimate film I have ever seen, and an important look into the life of an artist.Ron GarciaEmmy-nominated cinematographer and recipient of the ASC Career Achievement in Television Award
Music with history
The original soundtrack is by Ash Riser. His music carries five years of footage with a raw, textural sound rooted in the landscape and emotional pressure of the story.
Ash Riser contributed the music with permission because he understood the film's message about art as a vehicle for recovery. His death in 2021 gives that contribution additional weight.
Industry support: Tracy Reiner has served as a mentor and advocate through filming and post-production.
Proof of Activation
The circuit model started in Taos.
Before the vehicle and before the full budget, the team tested the format during the Taos Film Festival: daytime viewing, nighttime projection, live artist participation, community art, merchandise, direct outreach, and earned local media.
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Days in the plaza
A live activation positioned between festival venues and public foot traffic.
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KNCE interview
Local earned media before the activation opened.
Day + Night
Two screening modes
Daytime film loop followed by full-scale nighttime wall projection.
Live
Artist participation
Scripture, art sales, conversations, photography, and a community canvas.
The Taos activation demonstrated the operating format. Attendance, conversion, sales, and media metrics should be documented at future stops so sponsors receive a measurable post-activation report.
Distribution Strategy
Submit broadly.
Activate where audiences gather.
The circuit combines formal festival submissions with permitted, independent street-level activations. Each city becomes a screening opportunity, a press opportunity, an artist platform, and a direct audience-development channel.
Target market
Austin
Festival submission, screening outreach, and an independent activation when permitting and scheduling support it.
Target market
New York
DOC NYC submission window and documentary-industry audience development.
Regional anchor
Denver
A high-priority regional market with direct relevance to Taos arts supporters and circuit logistics.
Target market
Los Angeles
AFI Fest submission window, industry outreach, and partner development.
Flagship activation
Boulder
Independent Vagrant Hearts presence during the 2027 Sundance Film Festival dates, January 21 to 31, 2027.
Target festivals and cities are planning priorities, not confirmed selections. Festival submission and an independent activation are separate activities. Vagrant Hearts does not represent official Sundance Institute selection, sponsorship, or affiliation unless confirmed in writing.
The Operating Platform
The vehicle is not the mission.
It makes the mission mobile.
A used Mercedes Sprinter wrapped in original Scripture artwork combines transport, storage, screening capability, visibility, merchandise display, and a recognizable project identity in one asset.
A gallery, screening room, and logistics base
The vehicle creates a consistent physical presence in every market while reducing dependence on temporary rental infrastructure. It remains a usable project asset after the initial circuit.
- Full exterior wrap using original Scripture artwork
- Storage for screening gear, prints, merchandise, and activation materials
- Projection and portable audio capability
- Awning and display system for permitted vendor setups
- Mobile community canvas and participatory art program
- Post-circuit use for screenings, exhibitions, outreach, and Taos events
- Pre-purchase inspection, insurance, and roadside assistance included in operating controls
Funding Deployment
Still in production.
A defined $150,000 deployment plan.
The budget is structured around three operating phases. Vagrant Hearts is still being made. The delivery line supports exhibition and distribution requirements, including DCP creation, captions, subtitles, mastering, and quality control, once the film is finished.
Phase 1
$58,500
Build the mobile platform
Vehicle acquisition, original artwork wrap, and distribution-ready delivery assets.
Phase 2
$20,500
Access and activate
Festival submissions, AV gear, permits, merchandise, prints, and activation materials.
Phase 3
$71,000
Operate the circuit
Travel, fuel, lodging, twelve months of direction and operations, plus contingency.
| Deployment | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Mobile Gallery Vehicle | Used Mercedes Sprinter with cargo configuration. Retained for future screenings and project use. | $47,000 |
| Scripture Artwork and Wrap | Original vehicle artwork, production, surface preparation, and professional installation. | $7,000 |
| Distribution Deliverables | DCP, captions, subtitles, mastering, delivery quality control, and exhibition-ready files. | $4,500 |
| Festival Submissions | Domestic and international submission fees across a broad target list. | $5,000 |
| Mobile Screening Gear | Portable projector, screen, audio system, power support, and retained AV equipment. | $7,000 |
| Permits and Vendor Licensing | City permits, vendor access, and operating compliance for independent activations. | $2,500 |
| Travel, Fuel, and Lodging | Route costs, overnight stops, targeted market lodging, and vehicle travel expenses. | $20,000 |
| Director and Circuit Operations | Geoffery Davis: twelve months of route management, activations, outreach, and project operations. | $47,000 |
| Merchandise and Print Materials | Posters, apparel, stickers, Scripture prints, signage, and activation collateral. | $6,000 |
| Contingency | Vehicle maintenance, permitting changes, schedule adjustments, and operating incidentals. | $4,000 |
| Total | $150,000 |
$2,500
Open city access
Underwrite the permit and vendor-licensing allocation that allows the project to operate legally in target markets.
Fund this outcome$4,500
Make the film delivery-ready
Fund the DCP, captions, subtitles, mastering, and delivery quality control required by festivals and distributors.
Fund this outcome$7,000
Build the screening system
Provide the portable projector, screen, audio system, and retained equipment used across the route.
Fund this outcome$47,000
Secure the mobile gallery
Fund the vehicle that carries the film, art, equipment, merchandise, and activation platform from city to city.
Fund this outcomeSponsorship Opportunities
Support at the level that fits the partnership.
These levels are designed for the circuit initiative. Final recognition, credit language, deliverables, and use of names or logos are confirmed in a written agreement before funds are accepted.
Entry support
Community Supporter
$250+
- Supporter acknowledgment
- Signed project poster
- Digital screening access when released
- Project updates from the circuit
City access
Festival Access Sponsor
$2,500+
- Sponsor acknowledgment
- Private screening invitation
- Signed art and merchandise bundle
- Route and activation updates
Primary partnership
Circuit Sponsor
$10,000+
- Logo on selected circuit materials
- Original Scripture print
- Invitation to a circuit activation
- Post-activation sponsor report
Founding partnership
Founding Circuit Partner
$25,000+
- Major vehicle or activation recognition
- Custom sponsor integration by agreement
- Private Taos screening opportunity
- Direct planning session with the project team
FIVE YEARS IN THE MAKING.
HELP FINISH THE STORY.
Vagrant Hearts has stayed with this story for five years. The circuit funding turns that commitment into a finished film, public screenings, direct artist visibility, and a national audience.
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