Free Screening of Vegucated: April's Reel and Meal at the New Deal Cafe

On Monday, April 15th, Reel and Meal at the New Deal Cafe will screen Vegucated. The free film screening starts at 7pm at the New Deal Cafe, located at 113 Centerway in Greenbelt's Roosevelt Center. An optional vegan buffet ($13.00)  begins at 6:30pm.

Vegucated is a feature-length documentary that follows three meat- and cheese-loving New Yorkers who agree to adopt a vegan diet for six weeks. They have no idea that so much more than steak is at stake and that the fate of the world may fall on their plates. Lured with true tales of weight lost and health regained, they begin to uncover hidden sides of animal agriculture and soon start to wonder whether solutions offered in films like Food, Inc. go far enough.

Part sociological experiment, part science class, and part adventure story, Vegucated showcases the rapid and at times comedic evolution of three people who share one journey and ultimately discover their own paths in creating a kinder, cleaner, greener world, one bite at a time.

Following the screening, the audience will hear from three speakers/facilitators who will take questions about the film and discuss the various topics raised:

    Gene Baur, is a co‑founder and president of Farm Sanctuary, America’s leading farm animal protection organization, has been hailed by TIME magazine as “the conscience of the food movement”.  For 25 years he has campaigned extensively to raise awareness about the abuses of industrialized factory farming.  His book, Farm Sanctuary: Changing Hearts and Minds About Animals and Food, has appeared on the Los Angeles Times and The Boston Globe best-seller lists. Gene holds a master’s degree in agricultural economics from Cornell University.
  

   Dawn Moncrief is the Founding Director of A Well-Fed World. AWFW is a DC-based, hunger relief and animal protection organization that partners with and strengthens grassroots vegan feeding programs, farm animal care, and pro-veg advocacy.  She has two master's degrees from The George Washington University: one in International Relations, the other in Women's Studies, both focusing on economic development. Her work highlights the ways in which high levels of meat consumption in the U.S. and globally exacerbate global hunger, especially for women and children. She also draws attention to the negative consequences of increasing livestock production and intensification on climate change and oil scarcity.

    Philippe Orlando a Greenbelter, vegan and fitness expert who actually shot the factory farming footage used in Vegucated (as well as some of the footage used in Earthlings narrated by Joaquin Phoenix and Meet Your Meat narrated by Alec Baldwin.). Originally from France, Philippe graduated from the University of Massachusetts, and studied at Boston Film and Video Foundation where he learned film, video production and editing.

  Reel & Meal at the New Deal Cafe is a monthly film series at the New Deal Cafe exploring vital environmental, animal rights, and social justice issues. Admission to the film is always free. The monthly program is produced by three local groups: Beaverdam Creek Watershed Watch Group, Green Vegan Networking, and Prince George's County Peace & Justice Coalition. For more on the series, visit http://www.newdealcafe.com/events/reelAndMeal.

Vegucated is sponsored by Green Vegan Networking. For more information, contact Cam MacQueen at worldisvegan@aol.com.