“If we don’t have water, it’s over.”
Pamela Kingfisher, Community Organizer and Director of Green Country Guardians, mobilized her community to push a factory farm out of Spring Creek. Two weeks later, the Cherokee Nation was able to reclaim that land.
“There should be a certain level of dignity”
Deacon Jones, U.S. Army Veteran and former pig farm employee, shares how his experience of growing up on his family farm in Oklahoma contrasts with the time he worked on a factory farm for one of the largest pork producers in the U.S.
From the documentary Common Enemy produced by @thehumaneleague
Sometimes it's hard to filter through the good with all the bad happening in the world but I'm happy to have recorded these snapshots as little reminders of how lucky I am to be here with the community and people I love so much. This year I had a documentary screening at the Museum of the Moving Image, celebrated my niece's 10th birthday, enjoyed a small summer in Michigan with my partner, explored two new continents (Africa and Asia), and met some amazing new friends. I had a lot to be thankful for.
Tim Heidecker - Well's Running Dry
Our short documentary, Battleground is released today. @jvsxe and I spent some time in Wisconsin recently and learned about how corporate greed, corrupt politicians, and animal exploitation run rampant in rural America. It’s a devastating reality for many, made worse by local media facing intimidation by the animal agriculture industry. However, the resilience of the communities directly impacted by these abuses left us inspired and honored to tell their story. I hope you’ll check it out. It is masterfully edited by @alugofilm for @thehumaneleague Link in bio!
Today Common Enemy is released. A documentary about the human impact of factory farming. It is one of my proudest projects as a director. I spent a few weeks in Oklahoma with a small but passionate crew, meeting incredibly inspiring individuals who are, in their own way, fighting against the exploitation of corporate animal agriculture. I hope you’ll check it out and let me know what you think. Link in bio!
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Producer - @jvsxe@thehumaneleague
Director of Photography - @joegrasso.dp Additional Videography - @marklmiddleton 
Writers - @alugofilm + ✌🏻 
Animation - @marklmiddleton 
Editor - @alugofilm 
Additional footage - @weanimals
2023 was a year of firsts: traveling internationally with friends, seeing my grandmother for the first time since the start of the pandemic, finishing a short documentary I had the pleasure of being part of, and releasing a pottery collab with my partner. What a year, looking forward to 2024 🎉
Song: Song of the Highest Tower - Cut Worms
