Bold Native trailer premier – first fictionalized A.L.F. film
(With the loss of computers, I am having to stack multiple updates. Please do not miss today’s important animal liberation prisoner update, just below this post)
Bold Native has received a tremendous amount of buzz in advance of its release. The film is a fictionalized A.L.F. story of a man being hunted by the government for animal liberation activity, attempting to orchestrate a massive multi-state action before being captured by the FBI. Most cast members are vegetarian or vegan, and the film is produced, directed, and edited by dedicated vegans.
I watched a sneak-preview of the film, and know this is going to take a special place in the movement’s history. While slated for a summer release, the trailer has just debuted. I think this one is going to be huge.
-Peter Young
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Perhaps I am wrong, but I am under the impression that all movies are shot on film made from gelatin. Are there exceptions to this? Even if films are made digitally, don’t they have to be copied onto 35mm film to be played in theaters? Can anyone confirm this? If this movie was indeed made using gelatin, is it justifiable? If so, why? Thanks.
The movie was shot digitally on P2 cards using the HPX-170 camera. It’ll never be transferred to film, both for the reason you mention and also because it’s no longer necessary (at least for the kind of distribution we’ll be doing). Pretty much all indie theaters now have digital projection of some kind, coming off an HD tape, BluRay disc or digital file.
Thank you Denis! I appreciate your feedback. This is great news. I can’t wait to see it.
And I should clarify. Not all cast members were vegan/vegetarian. This would have been very difficult considering we had a cast of over 50 people and we wanted to make the very best movie possible, so we needed the best actors we could find. However, all the characters playing vegans in the film were vegan/vegetarian… that was a must. Just like it was a must that the person playing a disabled character was herself in a wheelchair. Randy Mantooth, who plays Richard, Charlie’s father, is not vegan or vegetarian, but he is somewhat sympathetic to the ideas. This was the perfect position for his character… so for the film, it was actually preferable to someone who’s on board and “acting” like a non-AR person.
The filmmakers are vegan. Many of the supporting actors were vegan. And the set was entirely vegan. So it was an opportunity to introduce some of our non-vegan actors to vegan food. There were at least a couple people who worked on the film who went from meat-eating to vegan during the process, and to my knowledge have kept with it. We also found that several times, a crew person or actor was referred to us without the referrer knowing what the film was about, and they just happened to be vegan. We certainly felt like the energy of the film was drawing like-minded people towards it.
Since there was some improv involved with the film, during the casting process we sought actors who were committed to animal rights. We wanted people to be able to realistically portray their characters in improv, coming from a knowledge and experience base they already possessed. That being said, our actors definitely also studied up on animal rights.
Anyway, just thought I’d clear that up. Peter was on set for a day doing his role and experienced our vegan food policy… and all the actors he worked with were vegan/veg.
I look forward to seeing “Bold Native” this summmer, and recently moved to northern California — please let me know a schedule of screenings when it is available. thanks!