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🎬 Urban Oracle Studios — bringing Donald Goines' story to the big screen. HIS-STORY crowdfunding launches Oct 21. His Story. Your Shot.

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On the anniversary of his death, we bring him back. 🎬

HIS-STORY: The Chronicles of Donald Goines — the biopic of Detroit's legendary author.

Our $250,000 Indiegogo launches October 21. His Story. Your Shot.

▶️ Watch the sizzle: https://t.co/pxod0wj0I0

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BE PART OF THE FILM 🎬
The first-ever biopic of Donald Goines, a defining voice of street literature.
Backers step on set as extras and background performers.
$50K fixed, all-or-nothing. Back it today 👇
https://t.co/po9bZ3Vx6V
@theGrio @Blavity @TheRoot
#HisStory

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IT'S A RESPONSIBILITY 🎬
Detroit-born, SAG-AFTRA — carrying the first-ever feature film about Donald Goines, a defining voice of street literature.
$50K fixed, all-or-nothing. Back the film 👇
@ARRAYNow @weare_thegotham @BlackStarFest
#HisStory
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THE AUTHOR BECOMES THE STORY 📚
Donald Goines — a defining voice of street literature — told his world in print.
HIS-STORY is the first-ever biopic of his life.
$50K fixed, all-or-nothing. Back it 👇
https://t.co/po9bZ3Vx6V
@BookRiot @AmistadBooks @HurstonWright

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THESE STREETS RAISED HIM. 🏙️
Donald Goines is Detroit — the city that raised him now brings his story to the screen.
The first-ever feature biopic about him is LIVE. A Detroit story, made by Detroit.
Back the film 👇
@BridgeDet313 @wdet @Local4News
https://t.co/po9bZ3Vx6V

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54 DAYS ⏳
The first-ever feature biopic about Donald Goines — a defining voice of street literature — is LIVE.
$50K fixed, all-or-nothing. His story. Your shot. 👇
@IndieWire @BlackEnterprise @nofilmschool
#HisStory #DonaldGoines
https://t.co/po9bZ3Vx6V

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GOINES LIVED EVERY PAGE. 🎬
The HIS-STORY sizzle is LIVE — the first-ever biopic of Donald Goines, a defining voice of street literature.
Hit play. Pass it on. Back Phase One 👇
@BET @stayMACRO
#HisStory #DonaldGoines
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GREENLIGHT TO FOUNDATION 🧱
$50K all-or-nothing = THE GREENLIGHT.
$250K stretch = THE FOUNDATION — a SAG-AFTRA production of the first-ever Goines biopic.
Back the build 👇
@sagaftra @seedandspark @FilmIndependent
#HisStory #DonaldGoines
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RED CARPET NIGHT 🎬
The first-ever Goines biopic premieres — and you're ON the carpet.
$750 VIP Red Carpet perk. Front row for history.
$50K fixed, all-or-nothing. Back it today 👇
@shadowandact @EBONY @Essence
#HisStory #DonaldGoines
https://t.co/po9bZ3Vx6V

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@aalbc @poetswritersinc @SchomburgCenter 52 years of silence. We answer with a movie. 🎬
6/6 🧵 HIS-STORY — the first-ever biopic of Donald Goines — is LIVE on Indiegogo. $50K fixed, all-or-nothing. Phase One is THE GREENLIGHT. Back it today. 👇
@sundanceorg @Tribeca @ABFF
#HisStory
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THE BOOKS THAT OUTLIVED HIM 📚
52 years later, the books never left the shelf. A defining voice of street literature.
5/6 🧵 His story. Your shot. 👇
@aalbc @poetswritersinc @SchomburgCenter
#HisStory #DonaldGoines
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DETROIT, THIS IS OUR NIGHT 🏙️
First biopic of Donald Goines crowdfunding NOW — $50K fixed, all-or-nothing.
A Detroit story, told by Detroit, funded by Detroit.
@freep @HourDetroit @CinemaDetroit
#HisStory #DonaldGoines #Detroit
https://t.co/po9bZ3Vx6V https://t.co/fhdLGhCwcx

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THE STOLEN BOOK 📖

At his funeral, family placed a book in his casket. Somebody stole it. Even his funeral reads like one of his novels. 👇

@lithub @AmistadBooks @HurstonWright
#HisStory #DonaldGoines #StreetLit
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RAP'S READING LIST 🎤

Goines wrote what the streets still quote. The FIRST-EVER Goines biopic is LIVE on Indiegogo — his story, your shot. 👇

@TheSource @HipHopDX

#HisStory #DonaldGoines #BlackCinema

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THE DAY IS HERE 🎬
I'm Robert "7" Shannon — Detroit filmmaker.
Help me make the FIRST-EVER Donald Goines biopic real.
$50K, all-or-nothing. Let's GO!! 👇
@theGrio @filmmakermag @BlackStarFest
#HisStory #DonaldGoines #Detroit
https://t.co/po9bZ3Vx6V
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FIRST BIOPIC. FIRST TICKETS. 🎟️
The first-ever biopic of Donald Goines is underway — grab a $75 Movie Ticket on day one.
$50K fixed, all-or-nothing 👇
@BlackEnterprise @Essence @TheRoot
#HisStory #DonaldGoines #SupportIndieFilm
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THE PEOPLE'S GREENLIGHT 🔥
HIS-STORY is LIVE on Indiegogo — $50K fixed, all-or-nothing. No studio greenlit this. YOU will. Day one — back it 👇
@Blavity @FilmIndependent @stayMACRO
#HisStory #SupportIndieFilm
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THE HUNT CONTINUES 🔍 / In 2025, AP reported a documentary team hired PI Bill Proctor and put up a $5,000 reward — 'Who killed Donald Goines?' / 3/6 🧵 His story. Your shot. 👇

@Variety @DEADLINE @THR

#DonaldGoines #HisStory

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STILL UNSOLVED 🕯️
52 years later, nobody's ever been charged in the murders of Donald Goines and Shirley Sailor. Detroit still has no answers.
2/6 🧵 His story. Your shot. 👇
@metrotimes @BridgeDet313 @wdet
#HisStory #DonaldGoines
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TRAILER IS UP 🎬
The sizzle trailer just dropped — 52 years later, Donald Goines returns to the screen.
$50K fixed, all-or-nothing. His story. Your shot. 👇
https://t.co/po9bZ3Vx6V
https://t.co/fhdLGhCwcx
@nofilmschool @shadowandact @IndieWire
#HisStory #DonaldGoines #IndieFilm

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52 YEARS AGO TODAY 📰
Oct 21, 1974: Donald Goines and Shirley Sailor were found shot to death in their Highland Park flat.
Never solved.
1/6 🧵

His story. Your shot. 👇
@Local4News @DeadlineDetroit
#DonaldGoines #HisStory #Detroit
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