Director Gil Green, "Who is Lou Gehrig?"

Director Gil Green is creating Who Is Lou Gehrig? a short film featuring Miami Heat power forward Udonis Haslem. The film is inspired by Green’s friend of over 20 years, Jeff Fogel, who was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (commonly known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease) about three years ago. The film will follow Fogel as he escapes into his imagination to create a more positive reality for himself. Gil already has raised over his goal of $60,000 on Kickstarter

Though ALS has received a lot of recent press, this project is not affiliated with the viral ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.

“While the Ice Bucket Challenge has brought a tremendous amount of awareness to ALS, this film is meant to do something beyond that.”, said Green. “Our goal is to provide an insight not only to the effects of the disease, but to have people be inspired by Jeff’s courageous ability to maintain a positive daily outlook, amongst life’s biggest challenges.”

The film will premiere at The Borscht Film Festival this December. For more information, visit the Who Is Lou Gehrig? Kickstarter campaign at http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/whoislougehrig/who-is-lou-gehrig-an-inspiring-film-about-als or at www.whoislougehrig.com.

Gil's company, 305 Films, has clients ranging from Drake to Pepsi.

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