In a thrilling Kickstarter campaign, the feature documentary series covering San Diego Beer titled “Kings of the Craft” successfully met their crowdfunding goal of $30,000 in April, but just barely. “It was very intense. Kickstarter can be horrible because if you want to do it right, it’s basically a part-time job of putting together a good campaign,” says Eduardo Castro Fonseca, Associate Producer.

The production team consists of Eduardo along with Raeanne DuPont, Producer; Ben Moxley, Director; and Steven Moyer, Cinematographer/Editor. Previously, Raeanne, Ben and Steven had collaborated on a student project titled “Of Beaches and Beer,” which also focused on local brewing. Eduardo got wind of this while working at KPBS, and gave the three the idea to pitch Kings of Craft as a series.

With cash in hand, the team wasted no time putting it to use according to Eduardo. “We were able to hire someone to shoot slow-motion and have captured some incredible footage. [The funds will] pay for a soundtrack, our time-lapses, and it prevents us, recent graduates, from having to fund the project ourselves.”

“What we want people to know is that this is a passion project. We did and have been working every day for the past 9 months to accomplish two things. One, showcase our abilities as filmmakers, but most importantly to do this sort of love letter to the city we love and a culture we are so happy to be a part of,” Eduardo concludes.

The series premieres tomorrow night at 9 p.m. on KPBS and the following day online at KPBS.org