Documentary films change minds, reach hearts, and create change. Good Pitch has been using documentaries to bring organizations together into powerful coalitions for over 12 years in 15 different countries. Over 3,200 organizations have attended Good Pitch worldwide, creating a network of foundations, NGOs, campaigners, academics, philanthropists, policymakers, brands and media.
produced by
Food For the Rest of Us
Directed by Caroline Cox
Food for the Rest of Us is about radical activists around the world using food as a way to resist, survive, and thrive under capitalism and colonialism. From one of the only female kosher butchers in the world, to a Black gardener teaching youth in the inner city, to a Hawaiian farm that reconnects youth to their Indigenous culture, this film uses food to spotlight social ills and the people who use food to fight back.
Food for the Rest of Us will support food activists, community farms and gardens, as well as teach audiences, and youth in underserved communities, how to reclaim their spaces with gardens and other food growing initiatives. The land is a means of production, and capitalism separates people from the land so they are dependent on money to buy food, instead of growing for themselves for sustenance.
CURRENT ATTENDEES
Amanda Froese - Northern Manitoba Food, Culture & Community Collaborative
Andrew Spring - Associate Director, Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems
Belinda Li - Director of Innovation, Simon Fraser University's Food System Lab
Becky Young - Executive Director, WWOOF
Ben Marshall - PACT Urban Peace Program, Director or Program Development
Bridgitte Taylor - Strategic Grantmaking Manager, MakeWay
Chashma Heinze - Food Security Initiatives Manager, United Way of the Lower Mainland
Dawn Morrison - Founder/Research Curator, Working Group on Indigenous Food Sovereignty
Fatin Chowdhury - Development and Communications Manager, Black Creek Community Farm
Kevin Schooley - Executive Director, Berry Growers of Ontario
Ingrid Figueroa - Solidarity Economy Activator, Working Group on Indigenous Food Sovereignty
Jacob Beaton - Founder, Tea Creek Farm
Jolene Andrew - Just Transition Coordinator, Working Group on Indigenous Food Sovereignty
Lolehawk Buker - Indigenous Professor, University of the Fraser Valley
Lori Tagoona - Senior Associate, Inuit Nunangat, MakeWay
Kevin Schooley - Executive Director, Berry Growers of Ontario
Leticia Deawuo - Director, Black Creek Community Farm
Norm Goldstein - Board Vice President, Richmond Food Security Society
Nova Woodbury - Executive Director, BC Association of Abattoirs
Peter Ladner - Author, The Urban Food Revolution: Changing the Way We Feed Cities
Rolie Srivastava - Regional Director, La Tablée des Chefs
Susanna Redekop - Communications Coordinator, Local Food and Farm Co-ops
Tamara Shulman - Director of Community Partnerships, Simon Fraser University's Food System Lab
WHAT PLEDGES WERE PREVIOUSLY MADE AT OUR LIVE EVENT?
Fresh Roots, Alexa Pitoulis
Engage youth in their SOYL programs and have them help with the film’s impact campaign.
Food Stash Foundation, Julia Hunter
Pledge to collaborate with all the food or other organizations in the room to screen the film and come together to engage their audiences. Also, help with an event where food waste that has been turned into fine dining can be highlighted.
Vancouver Neighbourhood Food Networks, Sarah Kim
Support access to the film film, would participate in this and screenings. Provide a venue for future screenings.
Abundance Community Farm Society, Amir Niroumand
Screening at the farm.
Nada Grocery Store, Naomi Ryan
Collaborate on screening; can hold 150 people in their venue. Space offered to facilitate workshops on topics related to the film.
Public Health Association of BC, Farm to School BC, Richard Han
Bring film to rural communities and cross promote with social media.
Inspirit Foundation, Chris Lee
Strategic introductions to some east coast organizations, as well as Seed Change which has global reach; $20,000
Story Money Impact / PricewaterhouseCoopers, Laura Plant
Pledge to match any funding that is up to $3000.
Cedar Isle Farm, Yoshi Sugiyama
Seed donation from seed saving practices on his farm. Partnering on educational opportunities.
Linnaea Farms, Tamara McPhail and Adam Schick
Free membership for the CMPA ($750 face value) which give access to resources, peers and mentors.
Esther Chetner
As Executive Director of CPJ, introductions and leverage into faith-based organizations and sector, introductions to climate action Members of Parliament.
The Tyee, Emma Cooper
Support from The Tyee’s Event Committee to promote screenings to Tyee readership. Emma Cooper personally offered services of MC or a comedian to host an event or to do a short 15 min set at an event in the Vancouver area for a film should they choose to reach out.
AND MORE
