FOOD FOR THOUGHT DOCUMENTARY
A touching, thought-provoking, at times hilarious look
at the vegan movement, seen from the perspective of
this actor lmmaker duo
Actor and Born Free Foundation patron Dan Richardson (Fyre Rises, Retribution,
Disney’s The Lodge) and director Giles Alderson (The Dare, Wolves Of War, The
Stranger In Our Bed) introduce Food For Thought, a feature-length documentary
exploring the recent rapid growth of the vegan movement globally.
Featuring Philip Lymbery (Compassion in World Farming), Mate Rimac (Rimac Auto),
Ethan Brown (Beyond Meat) Katie Cleary (World Animal News), Tanya O’Callaghan
(Musician), Derrick Green (Lead singer Sepultura), Jim Chapman (content creator),
Harry Jarvis (High Strung), Antonia Whillans (I Am Rage).
Richardson and Alderson have spent the last few years lming as they travel with work,
discovering the driving forces behind the global vegan phenomenon, meeting pioneers who
share their stories of plant-based living, and learning about the effect the vegan movement is
having on humans, animals and the planet alike.
The documentary includes some fascinating, insightful and varied interviews with animal
rights activists, philanthropists, athletes, plant-based food developers, podcasters, rock stars
and more, peppered throughout with an unexpected comedic element from our protagonists.
It also follows the progress of an eclectic group of volunteers as they undertake their rst 30
days on a plant-based diet, documenting their experience through highly relatable video
diaries.
On the documentary, co-director -producer, Dan Richardson said, “Among our top priorities
was to create something unique in the genre. Making it relatable to a wide audience was
paramount and it really feels like we’ve hit the jackpot in that regard thanks to our amazing
vegan participants“.
“Ours was always intended to be a feel-good lm. There’s absolutely a place for everything,
all the way from ‘Earthlings and the horric reality it exposes in gory detail, through to Simon
Amstell’s’ Carnage’ with it’s ctional comedy/horror approach, as well as everything in
between. But we were determined from day one that, while we hope to take the audience on
a journey on which they’ll nd themselves both laughing and crying, ‘Food For Thought’
would ultimately be a positive and uplifting lm and one which would leave people feeling
understood, included and hopeful”.
The documentary’s fellow co-director -producer, Giles Alderson, who has previously made
the documentaries ‘World of Darkness’ and Prime’s ‘All Town Aren’t We’, says, “I’m very
excited that the documentary is now complete and will be available for people to watch”
“It is an incredible journey and if we can make a few people eat less meat because of it then
I will be overjoyed. It was a really emotional project to be a part of”.
“Everyone we spoke to was absolutely brilliant sharing their stories, and it’s great we were
able to get to know them as people a bit better and for their personalities to shine through”.
“It was also great to show some of the companies behind the movement, and the people
around the world wanting to make a change in a positive light. I’m so excited to see if we can
help to change people’s perspectives of both the animal activists and also the world as a
whole”.
