Forks Over Knives
Here is the trailer for the “Forks Over Knives” documentary, which has likely saved many lives (T. Colin Campbell, PhD & Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn are featured)
What the Health
This film reveals the secret on how to prevent, and often reverse chronic diseases with whole foods plant based diets, and explains why the nation’s leading health organizations don’t want you to know about it!re is the trailer for the “Forks Over Knives” documentary, which has likely saved many lives (T. Colin Campbell, PHD & Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn are featured)
The Game Changers
This James Cameron produced film is the best selling documentary of all time on iTunes, and is currently available on Netflix as well.
Smoking and SAD
The number one cause of death in the US is the Standard American Diet (SAD). NutritionFacts.org is a terrific resource. Here, Dr. Michael Greger explains how smoking in 1959, is like eating today.
Why Do We Eat Meat?
Melanie Joy, PhD, is a psychologist, celebrated speaker, author, and relationship coach. Dr. Joy wrote the thought provoking book, “Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows.” I heard her speak last year to a standing room only crowd at the ARNC, and she was terrific. Dr. Joy is a game changer.
Modern Warrior
Damien Mander is another inspiring figure in the plant based diet & animal rights movements. He is an anti-poaching activist, vegan, and the founder of the International Anti-Poaching Foundation (IAPF). He is also a former Australian Navy Clearance Diver, and Special Operations Military Sniper. The IAPF’s entire team of warriors are true heroes.
Diet and Diabetes
Dr. Neal Barnard is the founder of PCRM.org, and here he explains how to treat diabetes with a whole food plant based diet. I love PCRM.org, and this TED Talk will be groundbreaking for many.
Feel the Love
Anytime I play this video during a presentation, I am almost always asked to play it again. How can you not share the love?
Inspiring Words
Philip Wollen is an Australian philanthropist who sponsors over 200 non profit organizations around the world. Here, he gives a moving speech in a debate asking whether animals should be taken off the menu.
Greta Thunberg
Amazing! The then fifteen year old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg condemns global inaction in the face of catastrophic climate change (United Nations Climate Change Conference). e is the trailer for the “Forks Over Knives” documentary, which has likely saved many lives (T. Colin Campbell, PHD & Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn are featured)
Speciesism
Here is a powerful video from PETA on the subjects of speciesism and bigotry. Wow.
3 Seconds
An epic message to save the world from spoken word artist Prince Ea & Director Spencer Sharp (via National Geographic’s Short Film Showcase).
Dairy is Scary!
24 year old animal rights activist Erin Janus explains how the dairy industry works in this outstanding 5+ minute video.
Cowspiracy
This game changing film uncovers the most destructive industry facing our planet today, animal agriculture, and investigates why the world’s leading environmental organizations are too afraid to talk about it.
“You can’t be an environmentalist, and eat animal products. Period.” – Howard Lyman
A Plea for Animals
Buddhist Monk Matthieu Ricard’s touching plea for compassion toward animals.
Celebrity Advocacy
Joaquin Phoenix’s powerful, and inspiring acceptance speech at the 2020 Oscars.
Reclaiming Vitality
Rich Roll is an ultra-endurance runner, vegan, wellness advocate, podcaster extraordinaire, and a self identified recovering alcoholic. Here he gets personal, and knocks it out of the park with this moving presentation.
Diet for a Livable Future
Dr. Michael Klaper is a lifestyle medicine doctor who has received the International Courage of Conscience award for his medical, humanitarian and environmental work. This may not be the most visually polished presentation, but its content is staggering. I always learn something from this man. If you can spare an hour of your time, I bet you will too.
Vegucated
Vegucated follows three meat and dairy loving New Yorkers who all agree to adopt a plant based diet for 6 weeks. The movie is fun, yet doesn’t minimize the subject matter. Kudos to Marisa Miller Wolfson for creating this film, and for her new cookbook & guide on how to raise vegan children called “The Vegucated Family Table”.
From Food To Freedom
In some respects, From Food to Freedom is an ordinary documentary on the remarkable health benefits of plant-based nutrition. What makes the film exceptional are the moments when it briefly addresses the gigantic elephant in the room, which is the connection between Plant-Based diets and COVID-19. Why is it that at the height of the pandemic, the CDC (US government), encouraged people to wear masks, and wash their hands, but made zero mention of the power of plant-based nutrition (even though The British Medical Journal published a study showing that people who ate a plant-based diet reduced their chances of moderate to severe symptoms of COVID-19 by 73%)? It would have been great if the documentary had spent more time on this subject, but it veered back to its main purpose of showing how, through a 10 day immersion program, a whole food plant-based diet can effectively treat, and reverse Type 2 Diabetes (a common underlying condition for COVID-19 deaths). Amazing stuff, but nothing new for many “plant-based” viewers. Still, From Food to Freedom is an excellent film, and I appreciated its honesty, and how it followed up after 6 months with each of the film’s participants for some surprising discoveries.
The Elephant Whisperers
Humans represent less than 0.02% of all living things, yet we have caused the loss of 83% of all wild mammals, and half of plants, due to our destructive food choices, and other reckless actions. The Academy Award winning film, The Elephant Whisperers, follows Bomman and Bellie, a couple who devote their lives to caring for orphaned baby elephants. Their home is the beautiful Mudumalai National Park, in Southern India, which serves as a sanctuary of sorts for endangered Asian elephants, tigers, and other species. The cinematography is gorgeous, and although I was left with a few unanswered questions, the film offers powerful and inspiring ideas. In one sequence, Bellie says proudly, “We live off the forest, we also protect it. We don’t take anything more than we need.” I love that quote, and it reminded me of a Native American term called “Wetiko”, which can be used to explain the concept that nothing in nature takes more than what it needs. “The well being of the forest is all that matters. We walk barefoot within it. This is our way of showing respect to it”, adds Bomman. Bellie and Bomman seem authentic in every way, and I found myself enjoying the ride, and believing that the elephants really are their family. Learn More.