About $180,000 from nearly 3,100 members has come back so far in seed money for "A Cry for Help: A Generation at Risk?" The documentary is expected to be broadcast this year.
The documentary was expected to be similar to Funky Monks, which documented the making of band's 1991 album, Blood Sugar Sex Magik although it would also feature mini-films intercut featuring each member of the band.
Ms. Shelton and the producers of 11 prospective feature film and documentary projects are expected to gather in Utah on July 30 for a lab that is sponsored annually by the institute, which operates programs to promote independent film, including the Sundance Film Festival.
Biopics and documentaries of this nature are expected to show a darker underbelly to well-loved characters and in that "Finding Fela" does not disappoint.Such films usually get to the bottom of the reasons for their subjects' behaviour, but in this respect "Finding Fela" is a let-down.
It lost, to "How to Survive a Plague," but may still be in the running for the Oscars; the documentary shortlist is expected to be announced soon.
The documentary, which is expected to be shown in January, will be produced by Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey, the men who made the HBO documentary "Juror No. 5: 58 Days of Duty on the O. J. Simpson Civil Trial".
The Vatican has distanced itself from an upcoming BBC Panorama documentary that is expected to examine the relationship between Pope John Paul II and a US academic, with a source describing its content as being "more smoke than fire".
Mr. Toback, who also directed "The Pick-up Artist" and "Two Girls and a Guy," said he believed that the documentary, which is expected to be released in theaters this fall, would allow people to see the former fighter, known for his bursts of viciousness in the ring and a well-publicized rape conviction, in a more sympathetic context.
