Graham Meriwether all videos
See http://www.americanmeatfilm.com/ for more information on Graham and his work.
Table of Contents:
00:28 Graham Meriwether's background on poetry and his choice of mediums
2:00 How Graham learned how to become a filmmaker in NY
3:08 Start of Graham's documentary career at A&E working on "First 48", a show following homicide police
4:00 Graham's exploits in Detroit
4:55 "An Inconvenient Truth" and its effect on Graham
5:40 "The Omnivores Dilemma" and Grahams decision to make his own documentary
6:48 "Green Pioneers" and Graham's first idea for a documentary
8:00 Grahams thought process in choosing how he was going to film his first documentary on farming; meeting Joel Salatin
9:00 Conventional agriculture versus new age agriculture is not a simple comparison
10:15 Grahams opinions on documentaries and film literacy
11:40 The relevance of documentaries and film in terms of food
12:35 Who was Grahams initial audience and the Future Farmers of America
14:00 Use of Graham's film "American Meat" in Iowa schools' Ag-Ed programs
14:55 How to distribute a documentary and find an audience: stories of Graham's trials in both throughout Iowa and Virginia
16:20 The Iowa State fair and failed screenings of "American Meats"
17:30 Graham finding the FFA booth at the fair and creating his own audience
18:35 How FFA works and how it worked for Graham in distributing his product
19:25 Summary of how Graham figured out his audience
21:28 The Focus of the Film American Meat
22:30 Grahams perspective on conventional agriculture
24:02 Potential solution to the problems of conventional agriculture and how it can be carried on
25:28 Why farmers get almost no cents on the dollar for their product
26:04 Why new agriculture types are beneficial to farmers
26:40 How a family can integrate themselves into a new-age farm
27:40 21st century farming and the next generation of farmers and organic food
32:40 Is farming a safe profession, physically and economically?
35:00 Graham's suburban background and his first time farming
36:30 The disconnect between non-farmers and farmers + urban agriculture
38:15 How Graham planned out the making of American Meat
39:20 Why the film took four years to create
40:25 Financing the film
41:14 Shooting the film
42:50 Shooting techniques
45:00 What material made the film?
47:00 Graham's team related to the film
49:00 How the team was assembled
52:20 Graham's plans for the future
53:20 Graham's next film
55:20 What Graham learned from American Meat and how it will affect his future film making
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