I had the opportunity to interview award-winning filmmaker Aaron Bear!
Here in THIS INTERVIEW, the Seattle native and I talk about his latest documentary film Yes I Am: The Ric Weiland Story and more. It’s such a great conversation.
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ABOUT THE FILM
Yes I Am: The Ric Weiland Story is from out director Aaron Bear (Finding Kim), and is narrated by Zachary Quinto (Star-Trek, Heroes), who reads from Weiland’s real-life journals.
One of the many voices featured in the film includes Bill Gates, (whom Ric was a founding member of Microsoft with). He discusses how Ric’s legacy and his fortune have gone on to fund so many LGBTQ organizations and activism in the community to this day.
The documentary is from World of Wonder Productions and is produced by Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato.
The story of Ric Weiland’s life and legacy can be measured in incredible milestones. Ric helped focus and organize Microsoft’s early successes. It made him wealthy and influential at an early age. He never felt overly comfortable with his wealth because he didn’t feel that he deserved it. Other people had worked harder for what they had, he thought, so to quiet the nagging doubt, he turned to philanthropy.
Out and proud since the ‘70s, Ric was a champion of gay rights. During his life, he donated more than $200 million to fund more than 60 non-profit organizations. His efforts to establish representation and resources for the LGBTQ community that still have a profound impact today.
