Concept Research - Director
As director of Dead in the Water, I've been researching the topic of CAFOs for about a year and a half now. I started my research with an internship at Cape Fear River Watch, a local environmental nonprofit. From there, I directed Concentration , which taught me so much both about documentary filmmaking and more about the issue. After that, I spent a semester pre-producing Dead in the Water , which gave me the opportunity to organize my thoughts, prepare for the project, and get feedback from other filmmakers about where to go from Concentration. Now, I've been able to outline the course I want Dead in the Water to take this semester. Other documentaries and media outlets have jumped on the issue of CAFOs in North Carolina as well as the environmental impact of the waste. For example, the documentaries Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret and What the Health (both made by the same filmmakers) address animal agriculture, wherein What the Health addresses Duplin County d...