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…
Artist and Street Vendor Tricia Beck examines the reality of living her dream and its unexpected rewards.
Glorified Reality was created as part of the 2010 International Documentary Challenge. Portland Artist and Street Vendor Tricia Beck examines living her dream as an artist along with its harsh realities and unexpected rewards. The genre was experimental and the theme this year was dreams/nightmares.
Principal Crew:
Director/Producer/Editor: Kristiana Weseloh
Music: Chris Robley
I met Tim on 23rd street near sixth avenue. He was sitting on the sidewalk with his back against a shuttered storefront. Before him perched a small hand-lettered cardboard sign that read:
Please Help
My dad passed away on Thursday
I am trying to get home for the
funeral and to be with my family
I only need $49 $39 more for a bus
Im not perfect but I wouldn’t lie about this
I told him I’d give him the money if I could use him for my art project. I told him I’d buy him a suit for his father’s funeral as well.
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.
Alex Gaylon, an adopted student at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, looks for his birth-mother and films the process for his documentary film class. He gets advice from his parents, his film crew, a fellow adoptee, and finds his birth-mother’s information on Google.com. Finally, he attempts to contact his birth mother through the telephone, and what he finds on the other end of the phone line is much more than he ever could have expected…
A twisted travelogue chronicling one woman’s obsession with Turkish men.
Filmmaker Therese Shechter heads to Turkey for a much-needed vacation. She also plans to interview young Turkish women for a documentary on feminism. Instead, she becomes fascinated with the men. And they are fascinated with her.
This true story is a twisted travelogue chronicling one woman’s obsession with Turkish men. Her attempts to understand their language, culture and psyche leads to a revealing exploration of cultural cliches, the ‘exotic other’ and the aphrodisiac properties of a US visa.
Principal Crew
Therese Shechter: Writer, Director, Editor, DP and Producer
Andrew Kines: Assoc. Editor
Paul Ruest: Sound Editor
