Sounds like a lost opportunity definitely. Probably the wrong time to raise funding for it then. Ahead of its time, i think.
Its very difficult raising cash for films. If you look at the Winstanley project, it says FREEDOM films are producing it. But , search for that company and it doesn't seem to exist? A lot of chancers seem to set up their own production company and pretend a film is going ahead, in a bid to generate more funding. When in reality, they have NO FUNDING at all. Its a chancers technique, hence Russ and Co want to get footage of the potential market (young soulsters) onto a website, so they can show potential funders that there is a market to sell to with a film....