I don't know. Don't you feel there are 3 announcements a day about women condition in gaming in general? Also what do we know about the authors of said documentaries?
The same "announcement" is going to take place until the problems aren't as widespread as they currently are. I don't see any reason why the amount of "announcements" motivates your imperative of "DON'T FUND IT"
And how many video documentaries treat the issue of sexism in video game culture and industry? And how many contemporary ones?
I don't think she's going to go deep enough into the issue.
It's one thing to record a log of sexist or racist slurs slung over xbox live. It's another to go ask Stephen Toulouse directly what Microsoft is doing about it. It's my general complain about all kickstarter documentaries; they don't go in deep enough. Even Indie Game: The Movie, which I rather liked, doesn't dive deep enough into Phil Fish's backstory because his past action villify his martyr image in that piece.
Regardless of past Kickstarter Documentaries, I'll gladly give the producer the benefit of doubt - she's familiar with the documentary genre, she has already interviewed and talked to key figures familiar with the issue, and she hasn't even begun the main research process, which this campaign will fund. I think there's a likelihood that this won't be completely shitty, but I'm fine with the documentary not being the be-all-end-all of documentaries.
Besides, it's not like this issue is well-covered in video format, as some people still don't seem to understand or are aware of prevalent sexism in games. I can perfectly understand why some people won't fund it, but I don't see any convincing incentives not to have this documentary exist.
I also really wish someone would make a race-specific analysis or coverage of video game culture or representation.
There are 20 things that I can think of off the top of my head that people could cover relatively easily that would shine a much more deserving light on sexism in gaming. But they don't. Because it's still harder than just playing video games and recording the results.
I really don't think "just playing video games and recording the results" is what this project is about.