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Peter Jay Brown, filmmaker of “Eco-Terrorist: The Battle For Our Planet”

By | October 23, 2019 | Actors & Filmmakers, Advocates, Cetaceans, Vegetarian/Vegan | No comments

Peter Jay Brown—filmmaker and crew member of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society for upwards of 40 years, whose new documentary is “Eco-Terrorist: The Battle For Our Planet”—recounts the beginning of the affiliation, being sent to cover Sea Shepherd and its founder, Paul Watson, as a producer-director with the early-80s George Schlatter-produced reality series, “Real People.” Read more…

Jasmine Leyva, director of “The Invisible Vegan”

By | June 19, 2019 | Actors & Filmmakers, Advocates, General, Health & Behavior, Vegetarian/Vegan | No comments

Jasmine Leyva—a filmmaker and actress, who directed, and appears in, “The Invisible Vegan,” a new documentary that explores various cultural challenges and implications within the black community when some decide to go vegan, or contemplate doing so—recalls her background growing up in Washington, D.C. and her early interest in the entertainment industry. Read more…

Chris Poole, colleague of feline phenoms Cole & Marmalade

By | February 20, 2019 | Actors & Filmmakers, Adoption, Advocates, Cats, Educators, Mammals, Pets, Rescue, Spay/Neuter, Spay/Neuter | No comments

Chris Poole—a Tampa resident best known, as he describes it, being owned by feline phenoms Cole and Marmalade—remembers growing up in Nottingham, England and his family having an array of pets, including his first black cat, Sarah. Read more…

Cathryn Michon & W. Bruce Cameron, screenwriters of “A Dog’s Way Home”

By | January 16, 2019 | Actors & Filmmakers, Authors, Dogs, General, Legislation, Pets, Rescue, Spay/Neuter | No comments

Cathryn Michon & W. Bruce Cameron—screenwriters of the movie, “A Dog’s Way Home,” based on Cameron’s novel, and which had opened nationwide less than a week before this conversation—discuss the enthusiastic reception accorded the film: high audience ratings, third in box office sales on its opening weekend, after “Aquaman” and “The Upside,” some very favorable reviews, etc. Read more…

Glen Zipper, creator-executive producer of the Netflix documentary series “Dogs”

By | November 28, 2018 | Actors & Filmmakers, Dogs, General, Pets, Rescue, Sanctuaries | No comments

Glen Zipper—the creator and executive producer of  “Dogs,” the Netflix six-part documentary series (and whose resume includes producing the Oscar-winning doc “Undefeated”)—recalls growing up in an animal-free household, pets having been declared verboten by his father. Read more…

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