Republican Flesh-Eaters... Just Kidding

A few weeks ago we looked into the idea of how someone can be-- or, perhaps, can't be-- both a meat-eater and an environmentalist. I pointed to a movie that's coming out soon called Bold Native, a spectacularly insightful film that covers a great deal of ground, from activism, social protest and totalitarianism to compassion, ecology and... well, the survival of mankind. This is how the film's website describes it:

Bold Native is a fiction feature film. Charlie Cranehill, an animal liberator wanted by the United States government for domestic terrorism, emerges from the underground to coordinate a nationwide action as his estranged CEO father tries to find him before the FBI does. The film simultaneously follows a young woman who works for an animal welfare organization fighting within the system to establish more humane treatment of farmed animals. From abolitionists to welfarists, Bold Native takes on the issue of modern animal use and exploitation from several angles within the context of a road movie adventure story.

The filmmakers’ background in documentary informed the creative approach to Bold Native. Self-financed and shot with a four person team in real-world locations, sometimes using real activists, lawyers, and formerly imprisoned animal liberators, the film weaves an intricate tale of one of the most important issues facing America and the world morally and ecologically-- the impact and consequences of industrialized animal use. And with a character who faces prosecution and potential lifetime imprisonment under the recently passed Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA) for property crimes currently considered terrorism, the film also illuminates the danger of corporate interests influencing the law in a post-9/11 world.

When I first brought it up, there was no real trailer for the film. I just stumbled across one and thought I'd share it: