‘The Beast & The Shepherd’: What happens when a shepherd can no longer bear the fate of his own animals?
‘The Beast & The Shepherd’: What happens when a shepherd can no longer bear the fate of his own animals?
In a remote corner of rural France, a shepherd grows deeply attached to his lambs and struggles with the prospect of sending them to slaughter. Torn between compassion and tradition, he reaches out to an animal rights activist (269 Libération Animale) whose views challenge everything he has known. Together, they work in secret to save a few lives, forging an unlikely alliance. WE ANIMALS: “The Beast & The Shepherd” is a powerful new film from award-winning filmmaker and photojournalist Rebecca Loviconi. In a remote corner of rural France, a shepherd grows deeply attached to his lambs and struggles with the prospect […]
‘Mommy’ Un-Dearest: Are vegan influencers a necessary evil?
‘Mommy’ Un-Dearest: Are vegan influencers a necessary evil?
Creating social media content shouldn’t be every single vegan’s main form of activism, but vegan influencers do have an important role in helping create a vegan future. It’s okay to hate social media, and the culture around it, but it would be foolish to completely dismiss it. It can be a powerful tool for creating more vegans and plant-based eaters, and influence more people to be kinder to animals. TRACY.3: It’s happened again. Another popular content creator has made a “Why I’m No Longer Vegan” video. This time, it’s Mommy Tang, who now goes by Love Soo on social media… is […]
‘Sentient’: An emotionally powerful documentary of primate experimentation through the voices of those who carried it out
‘Sentient’: An emotionally powerful documentary of primate experimentation through the voices of those who carried it out
The new film called ‘Sentient’ traces scientist Jones-Engel’s journey, as well as that of the macaques, from the wild and breeding farms in Asia, to laboratories in the US and the UK, where they are used to test new medicines. About 40,000 are sent each year to the US alone. Sentient features interviews with several scientists at the University of Washington, which is where Jones-Engel spent most of her career. Many become emotional while talking about their work, and the animals. KERRY O’BRIEN: A new film called Sentient traces Jones-Engel’s journey, as well as that of the macaques, from the wild […]
