

Doing 'Big Things' drove free expression crowdfund
I've always believed I could do big things.
In high school, I built the "ram shack" student store.
In college, I took the school weekly newspaper daily during the Bayou Classic.
As a newspaper professional, it's been more of a challenge. Big ideas die because of cost, time involved or they don't fit the company plan.
Several years ago, I stumbled across the Pink Pussy Kat trial and believed I could make something interesting creatively with the story. Over the years, ther


Free expression film fund needs strong finish
The online campaign funding a Sacramento documentary exploring the 1969 strip club indecency case that took the jury to the club is approaching 70 percent funded with 9 days remaining. Using the crowdfunding site Indiegogo, Fletcher and his team are trying to raise $10,000 by March 22. Through March 15, the month-long campaign was at 68 percent of goal. The feature-length documentary will use the colorful 1969 trial over “bottomless” dancing at Orangevale’s Pink Pussy Kat to


Misterly, Doda on display as campaign for film hits final stretch
San Francisco topless legend Carol Doda was called to testify during 1969 Pink Pussy Kat trial. In the clip she talks about the difference b


Do the Dance team appears on Sacramento television
Sacramento film makers Ed Fletcher and Damen Quincy Hayes appeared on Goodday Sacramento on March 1 to discuss their documentary film in progress "Do the Dance." Do the Dance uses the Sacramento 1969 trial over bottomless dancing at Orangevale Pink Pussy Kat to tell a broader story about the limits to Free Expression. If funded, the project is expected to be finished in early 2018. The project is currently on the crowdfunding platform Indiegogo. #burlesque #CarolDoda #freeex


California go-go club challenged legal limits
During the summer of 1969, a beer bar in the Northern California community of Orangevale dared to go full-nude setting off a series of legal challenges that ended with the dancers, including Carol Doda, performing for the jury.
"Do the Dance," a documentary telling the story of this wild and influential trial, is currently raising funds on the Indiegogo crowdfunding platform. #CarolDoda #stripping #burlesque #trailer #history #SanFrancisco #Orangevale #law #Sacramento


Campaign underway to fund 'Do the Dance.'
The online crowdfunding campaign seeking $10,000 to launch Sacramento documentary "Do the Dance" is underway.'Do the Dance' examines a 1969 Sacramento strip club indecency trial to tell a broader story about the limits of Free Expression. The trial made national news after Judge Earl Warren Jr. decided the jury needed to see the dancer "do the dance." San Francisco topless legend Carol Doda also testified. Learn more HERE. #CarolDoda #documentary #burlesque #SanFrancisco #O


Trailer captures First Amendment fight
See preview trailer for documentary 'Do the Dance.' The film explores 1969 trial that told the stripper to 'do the dance."


Portland burlesque star headlines documentary film fundraiser
Portland burlesque star Ivizia to headline Sacramento fundraiser for free expression documentary film “Do the Dance”


Account supports ruthless depiction of "Big" John Misterly
As a journalist solidly into my second decade at the craft, it only made sense that I’d lean on a true story to ease my way into screenwriting.
Writing historical fiction is like journalism, except you get to color in the details, I figured. After taking my first weekend screenwriting class in February 2014, I completed my first feature-length script. I’m admittedly a little stir-crazy as I share my baby, seeking refinement.
It’s hard to tell how long this road I face reall