News reports of productions giving something concrete back to the people and places they touch, gathered from reporting across the field.
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Clean Hands
The production has committed one-third of the film’s profits to Brooke’s House, the Hagerstown, Maryland recovery center whose founding inspired the film. The pledge needs a follow-up after release: whether profits arrived, and how much reached Brooke’s House.
Reported · 1 source · Pledge of profits · follow up after release
Read report and sources →Balan: The Boy
After filming wrapped, residents of Kunduvadi asked the crew to leave a bus stop built as a set. Nearly a year later, the shelter remains in daily use by residents and schoolchildren across the tribal hamlet’s seven settlements.
Reported · 1 source
Read report and sources →The Last of Us
The production paid the town $100,000 for a youth legacy project: 80 percent for a bike park and pump track, and 20 percent for the Spitzee School playground. It separately paid $15,000 for three removed trees. Current status of the park still needs confirmation.
Reported · 1 source · Newly surfaced older report · confirm whether the pump track was built and is open
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