'Beauty & The Bear' is an interview-based television show which showcases Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Queer (GLBTIQ) artists across a wide range of artforms.

Season One of 'Beauty & The Bea'r screened on Television Sydney, C31 Adelaide and C31 Melbourne community broadcasters before being repackaged in 2011 for community channel Aurora which screens across Australia on Channel 183 of all pay-per-view platforms including Austar, Foxtel and Optus digital networks.

Our team is Nathan Little and Charles Bracewell, and we are fundraising to film and screen Season Two of 'Beauty & The Bear' in 2012.

We hope to raise 50% of the production budget through Pozible, and 50% through corporate sponsorship and fundraising concerts.

SO – Why support us? Three big reasons:

1. At this point in time 'Beauty & The Bear' is Australasia’s only queer arts TV show, and one of the few specifically Queer shows on television at all. So rather than be a footnote on another arts show (of which there are precious few anyway), or the sidekick on a sitcom, the successful artists of the Queer community are put front and centre.

2. By showcasing the work and achievements of GLBTIQ people, rather than making their sexuality the focus of the interviews, 'Beauty & The Bear' has given a voice to some of this country’s brightest talents indance, cabaret, theatre, radio, choreography, drag, music, comedy, costume design, DJ, visual art and filmmaking. We’ve celebrated some of the unsung heroes of our community and unearthed some fresh new talent – and let them tell their own stories.

3. We are a team that has a proven track record in film and TV production, and have successfully produced the first season of 'Beauty & The Bear' using our own money, so we are 100% committed to this project, and have the skills to realise it.

So now you know the ‘what’ and the ‘why’… so here’s the introductions:

Nathan Little is an award winning digital producer and entertainer who has built his career producing works in collaboration with the Australian GLBTIQ arts communities. He won the SA GALA Award (Services To Youth) for his work as Project Leader and Director in the groundbreaking filmmaking project 'I Can See Queerly Now' which launched the careers of five young queer first time filmmakers. He has exhibited his own video and photographic works at the South Australian Migration Museum and at international film festivals in Australia, the United States and Canada. He was crowned the '2007 Southern Hibearnation Australasian Cub', has hosted the Mr Bear SA Contest for three years and the Mr Bear Australasia Contest for two years. His electro pop group 'The Bad Father' were nominated for the 2009 Green Room Award (Best Cabaret Ensemble), appeared on ABC TV's 'Spicks & Specks (Europa Special)', and performed at GLBTIQ festivals across the country.

Charles Bracewell is an award-winning film director and producer who has achieved more than 80 international film festivals screenings of 'Siren', 'Homecoming Queen', 'A Spoonful of Desi', 'Born Free', 'How To Bury The Dead' and 'Gorrrgeous Vonni'. He has15 years’ experience in cultural development having worked in the management of ten festivals in New Zealand and Australia – including Feast and Australian Festival for Young People. He was National Director for Young People and the Arts Australia in 2005-2008 and is now Manager Event Development for Events Tasmania.

Nathan’s co-host on 'Beauty & The Bear' is Charles’ glamorous alter-ego Miz Ima Starr, a drag-tastic chanteuse and media celebutante who has made more than 20 singing and wisecracking appearances on TV including three thrilling appearances on the first season of Channel 7’s top rating show 'Australia’s Got Talent'. She has toured Australia and New Zealand in eight acclaimed cabaret shows, including the award-winning 'Hello Miz American Pie', and released two CDs 'Pop Object' and 'American Pie'. Find out all about Ima at www.imastarr.com

We invite you to join us in bringing even more Queer programming to Australian TV screens by making a donation on Pozible – and collecting one of our fabulous sponsor rewards.

All eight episodes of Season One of Beauty & The Bearcan be viewed at www.beautyandthebear.com.au completely FREE – something to enjoy as you make your donation. Here is a small taste to get you started:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyXPxo1zj6s&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZYhZOO0dy8