| Live and Let Live | |
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| Directed by | Marc Pierschel |
| Written by | Marc Pierschel |
| Produced by | Marc Pierschel |
| Music by | Cars and Trains |
| Distributed by | Syndicado |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | English |
Live and Let Live is a 2013documentary film by German filmmaker and director Marc Pierschel.[3] The film follows several vegan activists and interviews vegan proponents. The documentary explores the reasons for adoptingveganism and how people live according to this lifestyle.
The documentary film examines the relationship that humans have with animal by following six different individuals who moved to veganism for different reasons. With, for example, a butcher who became a vegan chef, a factory farmer who started a farm sanctuary, a professional athlete who changed his complete diet, and activists for the animal rights movement Animal Equality. Besides the film explores the history of veganism and the ethical, environmental and health reasons why people become vegan by interviewing proponents of the vegan movement.[4][5]
In 2014 the movie was screened, among other places, at the 19thMilano Film Festival,[6]Tage des unabhängigen Films inAugsburg[7] and the Utopianale Filmfestival in Hannover.[8] It became an official selection ofCrossroads Film Festival, and was nominated for a 'Cosmic Angel' at the Cosmic Cine Film Festival.[9][10]
The documentary stars the notable appearance ofJonathan Balcombe (ethologist and biologist);T. Colin Campbell (professor of nutritional biochemistry and writer ofThe China Study);Melanie Joy (sociologist and psychologist, on the ideology ofcarnism);Will Potter (journalist and author ofGreen Is The New Red);Peter Singer (professor of bioethics);Tom Regan (distinguished professor of philosophy on animal rights);Gary Francione (distinguished professor of law on 'abolitionism');George Rodger (chair ofThe Vegan Society); and Jack Lindquist (professional track cyclist and vegan).[11]