--- title: Batkid Documentary Trailer description: The trailer for Batkid Begins, a documentary about the time San Francisco turned into Gotham to make a cancer patient's dream come true canonical: https://time.com/3052858/batkid-documentary-trailer/ author: Olivia B. 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Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Jul 29, 2014 6:59 PM UTC Here’s the trailer for [_Batkid Begins_](https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/batkid-begins)_,_ a documentary about the time San Francisco became Gotham for a day to fulfill 5-year-old cancer survivor Miles Scott’s dream of becoming Batman on November 15, 2013\. The campaign was created to raise money to produce a soundtrack and special effects for the film, directed by the Emmy Award-winning director Dana Nachman. The crowd-funding effort is about half way to its funding goal before the funding period ends on August 19, 2014. **MORE:** [On The Scene with Batkid, The Most Adorable Superhero The World Has Ever Known](http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/11/15/on-the-scene-with-batkid-the-most-adorable-superhero-the-world-has-ever-known/) **WATCH:** [The Inspiring Make-A-Wish Recap of #SFBatKid](http://newsfeed.time.com/2014/01/15/watch-this-inspiring-make-a-wish-recap-of-sfbatkid/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3052858/batkid-documentary-trailer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3052858/batkid-documentary-trailer/"},"headline":"The Trailer for the Batkid Documentary Will Make You Cry","datePublished":"2014-07-29T18:59:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:12:01.402Z","description":"The IndieGoGo campaign is halfway to its funding goal","url":"https://time.com/3052858/batkid-documentary-trailer/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Appreciation"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta884aa40c6c423d3/69869da5e53aba3ebd4d3c8b/batkid.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. 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