Vegucated is a guerrilla-style documentary that follows three meat- and cheese-loving New Yorkers from different backgrounds who, for six weeks, adopt a vegan diet and a whole new way of thinking about food.
Vegucated is a guerrilla-style documentary that follows three meat- and cheese-loving New Yorkers from different backgrounds who, for six weeks, adopt a vegan diet and a whole new way of thinking about food.
Principal Crew:
Marisa Miller Wolfson – Writer, Director, Co-producer, Co-editor
The world’s leading guitar makers hope to save the life of the acoustic guitar.
If the overlogging of the world’s forests continues, countless species face extinction and our carbon emissions will skyrocket. But there is about to be another casualty of our diminishing forests…the acoustic guitar. If things don’t change, in less than 10 years the guitar as we know it will be no more…
For six weeks, three New Yorkers adopt a vegan diet and a whole new way of thinking about food.
This is a preliminary promo piece for a film that’s being produced by Kind Green Planet, a nonprofit environmental and animal protection organization. VEGUCATED is a guerilla-style documentary that tells the true story of three people who agree to do one thing: change what they eat. For six weeks, these meat- and cheese-loving New Yorkers adopt a vegan diet and a whole new way of thinking about food. The physical impacts of the lifestyle are noticeable, but it’s the emotional changes that are truly profound. Watch this preliminary promo piece for a hint of what’s to come. (Note: the film used to be entitled “GLASS WALLS.”)
Work-in-progress
Principal Crew
Director/Writer/Co-producer/Co-editor
Marisa Miller Wolfson
A couple passionate about creating no waste, has a baby.
Sarah and Kyle made zero waste one month in February 2006. That month, Sarah became pregnant. How will a couple so dedicated to creating zero waste do at raising a baby? What will they do about diapers?
A swarm of 30,000 Italian Honey Bees escaped a rooftop farm in Brooklyn until a beekeeper was called in to capture the swarm, by hand. Matthew Rivera reports.
American Meat explores the complexities embedded in the highly debated practices of the American meat industry. As the economy drives a contraction of conventional chicken, pork and beef operations, we hear the innovative methods of the charismatic, Virginia-based farmer, Joel Salatin. Joel, who is a leader of the growing niche of people who are opting for animals raised outside and without the use of antibiotics, believes that if more people become sustainable farmers, the movement could fracture centralized commodity production.
Conventional farmers argue that small-scale farming can’t expand production enough to adequately meet the demands of the nation. As the dialogue ensues, Salatin signs a deal with fast-food chain Chipotle in a surprising move, with widespread implications for the industry.
PRINCIPAL CREW
Director, Cinematographer & Producer: Graham Meriwether
Producer: Alejandro de Onis
Producer: Carlye Rubin
Editor: Memo Salazar
Consulting Producer: Tom Jennings
AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
Chosen to be apart of the 2009 Producer’s Institute at Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC).
Additional Information
IMDB The Official Site
TRT: 70 minutes
An interactive website, LeaveItBetter.com, is being launched in concert with the release of the film, to provide a place where the audience can go to share ideas and take action after watching the feature.
We are also developing lesson plans, and educational extras for distribution in colleges and high-schools.
