Kickstart This: ‘Showrunners’ Doc Featuring Whedon, Abrams & More

Welcome back to another edition of Kickstart This, FirstShowing’s weekly column dedicated to spreading the word about indie projects around the world that need your help to become a reality. This week, we’re taking a look at Showrunners, a documentary about the behind the scenes leaders of popular television shows like Joss Whedon, J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof and tons more. We actually wrote about this back in May of 2011, but the team is done filming and needs one more boost to get them through the costly post-production process. Take a look, sound off in the comments, and don’t forget to help fund if you can. For those who are more entrenched in the movie world or don’t dabble much with TV, a showrunner is the person who manages the creative decisions, financial aspects, and production elements on a given TV series. He or she is often the creator of the …